31,000 Ukrainian troops killed since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion, Zelenskyy says
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Sunday that 31,000 Ukrainian soldiers have been killed in action in the two years since Russia launched its full-scale invasion.
Zelenskyy said that the number was far lower than estimates given by Russian President Vladimir Putin’s government.
“31,000 Ukrainian military personnel have been killed in this war. Not 300,000, not 150,000, not whatever Putin and his deceitful circle have been lying about. But nevertheless, each of these losses is a great sacrifice for us”, Zelenskyy said at the “Ukraine. Year 2024” forum in Kyiv.
The Ukrainian leader said that he wouldn’t disclose the number of troops that were wounded or missing. He also said that “tens of thousands of civilians” had been killed in occupied areas of Ukraine, but said that no exact figures would be available until the war was over.
The Pentagon leaks should give some insights here:
https://www.businessinsider.com/russians-ukrainians-killed-putins-war-leaked-documents-2023-4?op=1
The US estimated that about 16.5k UA soldiers were killed in about the first year and change of fighting so the 31k estimate is possible after 3 years but seems pretty low. It would extrapolate out to about 45k, but the fighting has been different every year.
Edit: apparently it's only been 2 years of fighting, my bad, numbers from Zelensky look pretty legit to me then.
Come on, Business Insider?
Aka, we just make this shit up for clicks 😂
The leaks were legit, the guy got prosecuted and everything. Snopes thinks they're legit as well as every other major media outlet:
https://www.snopes.com/news/2023/04/13/ukraine-war-plans-leak-discord-server/
Where'd you go? The other person responded to you.