In the last week, our heroic armed forces have inflicted powerful blows on the enemy. Big losses, Zelenskyj said in a video speech Saturday night.
He claims that 16,000 Russian soldiers have been killed so far. The Russian Defense Ministry said on Friday that it had lost 1351 soldiers in Ukraine and that 3825 had been wounded, according to the BBC.
The information is not confirmed by independent sources.
– I am grateful to our defenders who have shown the occupiers that “the sea is not calm for them, even if there is no storm”. There will be a fire, Zelenskyj said.
Absolutely necessary with conversations
To limit Russia’s actions, he believes there is a simple and logical solution:
– Conversations are necessary. Meaningful. Immediately. Fair. For the sake of the result, not for the sake of delay, the president said.
He added that the suffering in the besieged port city of Mariupol is getting worse. Tens of thousands of people are trapped without food, water or heat.
– The situation in the city is still tragic. Completely tragic. The Russian military does not allow humanitarian aid to enter the city, Zelensky said.
The president also addressed Russian propaganda.
– You all know exactly how big a state propaganda system Russia has built up. Probably no one else in the world has spent such huge sums on lies, Zelensky said.
But Moscow has not taken into account that this effort does not guarantee a result, he added.
– Where the road with lies must be paved with money, the result is not secured. The path of truth is difficult, but truth creates its own path, he said.
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