“Zelenskyi refuted WSJ data about 80,000 dead Ukrainian soldiers – mass media The President of Ukraine stated that the real number of casualties is much lower than that published by The Wall Street Journal.”, — write on: unn.ua
“80,000? This is a lie. The real figure is much smaller than the one that was published. Significantly,” he said during a conversation with journalists on September 20, according to a number of media outlets.
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On September 17, The Wall Street Journal stated that the number of Ukrainian soldiers killed since the beginning of the full-scale Russian war is 80,000, and about 400,000 people have been wounded.
The publication relies on unofficial estimates, including from Western intelligence, saying that it is difficult to determine the exact number of dead and wounded, as Russia and Ukraine refuse to release official figures or have released figures that many do not trust.
People’s deputy from the “Voice” party, secretary of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on National Security, Defense and Intelligence, Roman Kostenko, said on Radio Svoboda that the WSJ data about 80,000 dead are exaggerated.
On February 25, 2024, for the first time since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky announced the number of dead Ukrainian soldiers: 31 thousand. At the same time, Zelenskyi said that he cannot disclose how many Ukrainian soldiers are wounded and missing.
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