Statement by President Volodymyr Zelensky
President Volodymyr Zelensky stated that if Russian leader Vladimir Putin seeks to capture all of eastern Ukraine, his army’s losses would amount to around one million soldiers.
“What I told him has come true: the Russians will not take the east, and if they want to do so, Putin will have to bury one million of his own people.
Zelensky recalled his conversation with U.S. President Donald Trump, noting that Trump has lost trust in Putin’s words, as a person who truly wants peace cannot keep intensifying strikes.
The President of Ukraine emphasized that the projected losses are based on the understanding of how many Russian soldiers have already been buried since the start of the full-scale invasion.
Author’s summary: Zelensky warns of massive Russian losses in eastern Ukraine.