Zelensky acknowledges that the Russian invasion leaves 1,300 Ukrainian soldiers dead

the president of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyreported today that 1,300 members of the Ukrainian armed forces have died since the beginning of the Russian military offensive on February 24, and said that on the Russian side they have lost 12,000 soldiers.

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“We have lost about 1,300 soldiers,” said Zelensky in a press conference with international journalists, in which he gave for the first time a number of military casualties, according to the Unian agency.

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“About 1,300 of our soldiers have died, and Russia has lost about 12,000. One to ten. I’m not happy that 12,000 of your people have died “he claimed.

Zelensky explained that he is not happy “because the Russians also have parents” and that most Russian soldiers know nothing in general, and that they “went to Ukraine because they were told something about fighting fascism.”

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According to Union, Zelensky he said the Russians have had so many casualties “because reason is on our side.”

The Russian Ministry of Defense has only offered in these 16 days of war in Ukraine a figure of Russian military casualties of just under 500 soldiers.

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Source: Elcomercio

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