Zelenskyy reports that 31,000 Ukrainian soldiers have died in the Russian invasion. "Each of those losses is a great sacrifice for we", he said.
It is the first time kyiv has confirmed the casualty figure since Moscow launched its invasion on February 24, 2022. In August 2023, The New York Times reported that Ukrainian forces had suffered 70,000 dead and between 100,000 and 120,000 wounded. A US intelligence report declassified in mid-December 2023 estimated that 315,000 Russian soldiers had been killed or wounded in Ukraine.