For the first time since start of Russia’s full-scale invasion, President Zelensky has given an official figure for the number of Ukrainian troops killed: 31,000. He did not state the number of wounded. Doesn’t count Ukraine’s ~4,400 troops killed in the Donbas between 2014-21.

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  1. [Zelensky for the first time provides the number of Ukrainian soldiers confirmed killed in action since the full-scale Russian invasion two years ago: 31,000. This, according to Ukrainian officials, doesn’t include thousands more who are missing in action but likely dead.](https://twitter.com/yarotrof/status/1761781811334566356?t=oYg7HW6iWHvF7vJE6IhCpA&s=19)

    [Memory Book, a Ukrainian organization that records the biographies of Ukraine’s fallen, reported 30k confirmed KIA last Fall.](https://tyzhden.ua/bojovi-ta-nebojovi-vtraty-ukrainy-u-2022-2023-rokakh/)

    Also claiming 180,000 RU troops KIA.

  2. RIP heroes, that is staggering number and the fact Ruzzia lost way more does not make me feel any better about it. Not to mention that are probably just the KIAs not wounded/permanently crippled ones 🙁

  5. I’m assuming 31k dead is a huge lowball since it’s coming from he Ukrainian side, and we’ve had Ukrainian estimating KIA being much larger last year. Wounded likely is usually least 3 times higher too. I’m guessing around 250k-300k casualties at least in total for Ukraine at this point.

  8. I would just like to say that this war, at its heart, is ideological, and part of Ukraine’s ideology is showing to the western world that they can be a modern European nation that cramps down on corruption and promotes democratic ideals. Transparency is a key component in that endeavor. Unlike Russia who lies about their quantitative data at every end, Ukraine has been meticulous about this stuff and often substantiates claims about enemy casualties and losses with real evidence.

    It’s also why Ukraine has not said a word about their numbers; they don’t want to lie about it and they don’t want to give Russia accurate numbers especially when you are bleeding them nearly 4 to 1. When your enemy is wasting their infantry with such little regard, you want them to be convinced it’s working and killing Ukrainians soldiers so they commit to their blunder. If ukraine cannot retake the Donbas then all they can do is kill as many Russian men as possible. Ukraine revealing their losses now is warning Russia that if they press on they are going to continue to suffer such slanted casualty numbers against them.

  9. I really thought it’s around 50-70k so I’m suprised and I’m “happy” I was wrong. Still sad as fuck…and who knows what’s happening in the occupied territories…

  10. Heroyam Slava. Eternal memory of the fallen warriors. 🇺🇦

  11. Pretty awful losses, but not worst case scenario.

    Ukraine has decent medical care so assuming a more generous killed to wounded rate of 1:3-4.

    That would make 120-150k casualties which tracks.

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