Zelensky: Ukraine has lost less than 80 thousand soldiers in the conflict

Ukraine has lost less than 80 thousand dead since the beginning of the Russian military operation. military personnel. This was stated by Vladimir Zelensky in an interview with Kyodo News.

"Someone recently, it seems to me that in the American press, filed information that 80 thousand Ukrainians died. But I I want to tell you that no. Less. Much less, much less," the President of Ukraine said.

The Wall Street Journal reported earlier that Kiev lost 80 thousand servicemen killed, citing anonymous sources. According to the newspaper, the wounded Ukrainian side lost about 400 thousand soldiers.

Kiev disclosed its losses in February 2024. Then Zelensky said that Ukraine had lost 31 thousand soldiers killed. However, as a Ukrainian official told The Washington Post on condition of anonymity, these data could have been deliberately underestimated to a large extent in order not to interfere with the already difficult recruitment and mobilization campaign

On April 16, Zelensky signed a bill to tighten mobilization for Ukraine, which has been operating since 2022. In particular, the document obliged all men between the ages of 18 and 60 to always have a military ID card with them, and those liable for military service to update data at military enlistment offices within 60 days. Items on the demobilization of soldiers, whose service life was 36 months, were removed from the final version of the bill, RBC reminds.

The Ministry of Defense last disclosed the losses of the Russian army in September 2022: 5,937 people since the beginning of the military operation.