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Hundreds of thousands dead and wounded - Zelenskyy reveals Ukrainian Armed Forces losses

Hundreds of thousands dead and wounded - Zelenskyy reveals Ukrainian Armed Forces losses Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy (photo: president.gov.ua)

The losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine during the full-scale war, which have been recorded, amount to several tens of thousands, and the wounded - several hundred thousand. At the same time, Ukraine does not know how many civilians Russia has killed in the occupied territories, stated President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in an interview with NBC News.

"We have fixed the number of losses. We have 46-plus, yeah, 46,000 killed soldiers. Tens of thousands more, tens of thousands more, those who are missing in action or are in captivity. And we cannot know for certain because missing in action can be dead, or they can be in captivity. And these are tens of thousands. That is true," the head of state said.

In addition, 350,000 soldiers were wounded, and 19,500 children were deported to Russia. At the same time, Ukraine does not know how many people died in the occupation, as graves containing up to five hundred bodies were found after the de-occupation of settlements.

"That is what we understand, and we do not understand at all the amount, the thousands, tens of thousands of civilians who died on the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine. When Russia attacked, and it encircled several cities, and it was destroying to the ground these cities with tanks and artillery. We do not know how many dead are there, unfortunately, because those cities that we de-occupied, which we entered, we found massive graves there. They conduct massive shootings, massive tortures. You know, small towns where there were a couple thousand people, we have found 500 corpses in one big grave. So, everywhere where Russia occupied it and takes under its control, we do not know how many thousands of people they killed there," Zelenskyy added.

In the same interview, Zelenskyy said that in his opinion, Ukraine can still defeat Russia militarily. However, this will entail a high price, and it will be difficult without the help of partners.