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Zelensky says about 3,000 Ukraine troops killed in Russia war
- The president said there was no count of civilian casualties, adding Russia had lost 19,000 to 20,000 soldiers
- He also appealed to the US to designate Moscow a ‘state sponsor of terrorism’
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Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky said about 2,500 to 3,000 of his troops have been killed in seven weeks of war with Russia and about 10,000 have been injured.
There was no count of civilian casualties, he told CNN on Friday.
He said 19,000 to 20,000 Russian soldiers had been killed in the war, now in its eighth week. Moscow said last month that 1,351 Russian soldiers had been killed and 3,825 wounded.
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Reuters could not independently verify either side’s numbers.
Fighting was intense in Mariupol as Ukraine said it was trying to break Russia’s siege of the southeastern port city. Home to 400,000 people before Russia’s invasion, Mariupol has been reduced to rubble. Thousands of civilians have died and tens of thousands remain trapped.
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“The situation in Mariupol is difficult and hard. Fighting is happening right now. The Russian army is constantly calling on additional units to storm the city,” defence ministry spokesperson Oleksandr Motuzyanyk told a briefing. He said the Russians have not completely captured it.
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