Ukraine’s leader says 31,000 Ukrainian soldiers have died, believes Russia plans to launch a new offensive at the end of May.
During the “Year of Ukraine 2024” seminar, which discussed the conflict situation in Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelensky said that Ukraine and its Western allies need to continue strong cooperation.
The trend of fighting President Zelensky said that Russia plans to launch counter-offensive operations at the beginning of the summer. or the end of May, but Ukraine already has a plan in place as well.
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Meanwhile, President Zelensky also revealed that Since the invasion of Russia on February 24, 2022, 31,000 Ukrainian soldiers have died, although many countries estimate that the number of Ukrainian military casualties is much higher than what was disclosed in public. For example, in August 2023, US officials estimated that more than 70,000 Ukrainian soldiers had been killed and 120,000 wounded.
President Zelensky refused to reveal the number of injured personnel. He reasoned that mentioning the number of wounded soldiers would benefit Russian planning.
In the Russian part President Zelensky estimated that 180,000 soldiers have been killed and tens of thousands more injured.
President Zelensky also expressed confidence that the US Congress would approve financial and military aid. Ukraine wants a decision on this matter within a month, stressing that the fight against Russia needs the support of the West. Including the European Union, which is currently sending only 30% of the 1 million rounds of ammunition it promised to Ukraine.
Another interesting story from this seminar is When discussing ending the war, Andrei Yermak, the head of President Zelensky’s working group, said that it was possible that a representative from Russia would be invited to the peace conference.
The meeting will be held in Switzerland to discuss President Zelenskiy’s vision. In creating peace, a plan to end the conflict will be presented to representatives from the Russian side for consideration.
President Zelensky had previously announced the “peace formula” during the November 2022 meeting of 20 major economies, or G20, called on the Russian army to withdraw all its troops and return the seized territories to Ukraine . The Ukrainian government has previously stressed that there will be no negotiations with Russia until the troops withdraw.
But the Russian government said that At the moment, there are no factors that can lead to peace negotiations. and criticized Ukraine’s peace plan for not allowing Russia to participate.
While Joseph Borrell, High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security of the European Union came out to call on member countries to speed up aid in both arms and budget support for Ukraine. Because it is expected that the battle may be won or lost within the next few months.
Borrell said that Even now Russia has not been able to win the war. But multiple intelligence reports from Western countries suggest that Ukraine is slipping.
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