- Zelensky told CNN that Ukraine has lost between 2,500 and 3,000 troops since the start of the war.
- By comparison, the Russians have lost between 19,000 and 20,000, he said.
- Zelenski has no estimates of civilian casualties, as some parts of the country are still under siege.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told CNN on Friday that he believes the country has lost between 2,500 and 3,000 troops since the start of the war in February.
“As for our military, from the number we have, we think we lost 2,500 to 3,000 compared to the Russian military, which lost about 19,000 to 20,000,” Zelensky said. “That’s the comparison. But we have about 10,000 wounded and it’s hard to say how many will survive.”
Insider was unable to verify the figures independently, but an anonymous NATO member estimated in late March that between 7,000 and 15,000 Russian soldiers had died in the conflict.
“Currently, based on the information we have, because it is very difficult to talk about civilians from the south of our country, where cities are blocked,” added Zelenski, unable to estimate the number of civilian casualties.
“Kherson, Beridansk, Mariupol, further east, the area in the eastern network where Volnovakha is, we just don’t know how many people died in this area, which is blocked.
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights has so far registered 4,232 civilian casualties in Ukraine, but said “actual figures are significantly higher” in part because of the blockades described by Zelensky in parts of the country.
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