Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, mentioned on Sunday that 31,000 Ukrainian troopers had been killed since Russia started its invasion two years in the past, giving the primary official determine for greater than a yr.

Zelenskiy informed a information convention in Kyiv that he couldn’t disclose the variety of wounded as a result of it could assist Russian navy planning, Reuters reported. “31,000 Ukrainian troops have been killed in this war. Not 300,000, not 150,000 … Putin is lying there … But, nevertheless, this is a big loss for us.”

Ukraine has not put a quantity to its navy losses for the reason that finish of 2022, when presidential aide Mykhailo Podolyak mentioned 13,000 Ukrainian troopers had been killed for the reason that invasion. Russia doesn’t disclose navy losses, which it regards as secret