The Ukrainian president also claimed that 198,000 Russian soldiers had been killed and 550,000 wounded.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/22907187

Summary

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky revealed that 43,000 Ukrainian soldiers have died and 370,000 have been injured since Russia’s invasion began, marking a rare admission of the conflict’s toll.

He also claimed 198,000 Russian soldiers have been killed, though casualty figures from both sides remain unverified.

The update comes amid heightened fighting, with Russia suffering record monthly casualties in November.

Talks with French President Macron and U.S. Trump focused on a potential peace deal, with Zelensky emphasizing the need for international guarantees to secure lasting peace against Russian aggression.

  • @espentan
    47•4 days ago

    It’s beyond discouraging to think that so many people are dying just because a little sociopath is attempting to compensate.

    • @Lost_My_Mind
      38•4 days ago

      And it’s not like russia is doing any better either. 198k dead. The saddening part is, due to state sponsered news, a LARGE portion of russians SUPPORT the war. Somehow thinking it’s Ukraine’s fault for existing. They call Ukraine nazis, despite being led by a jew. They use the fact that Ukraine has a large russian speaking populace as justification to reunite. That’s LITERALLY a page out of Hitler’s playbook.

      It just saddens me that so much death and destruction must come just to appease one man, and I use the word lightly, who doesn’t even give one shit about his own citizens.

      And now Trumps “peace deal” is basically going to be “give russia everything”

        • @NOT_RICKEnglish
          21•4 days ago

          You won’t have heard of the Donbas People’s Militias or the Donetsk People’s Republic, because it easier to think of it in terms of goodies and baddies .

          We’ve heard of them. Funny how these “militias” ended up with advanced weapon systems, like the Buk they used to shoot down a commercial airliner, nearly immediately after Russia illegally annexed Crimea. Both Donetsk and Luhansk voted overwhelmingly in favor of Ukrainian independence in 1991.

            • @TheDoozer
              15•4 days ago

              There have been thousands of far-right Americans who have, in some manner or another, been collaborating with Russia. It doesn’t make it reasonable or appropriate for Russia to invade the US, another sovereign nation (like Ukraine).

        • @FlowVoidEnglish
          13•4 days ago

          It is absolutely clear cut.

          Ukraine is a sovereign country. Russia violated its sovereignty.

    • Dremor
      9•4 days ago

      Most if not all wars starts with a little sociopath wanting to have more that what he has.