US EditionFifty-five thousand Ukrainian soldiers killed on battlefield, Zelenskyy tells French TV
Zelenskyy highlighted 55,000 Ukrainian soldiers killed and many missing since 2022, stressing the war's existential stakes amid ongoing peace talks and renewed Russian strikes.
- On Feb. 4, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced in a prerecorded France 2 TV interview that Ukraine's official battlefield death toll is 55,000.
- As trilateral talks in Abu Dhabi continued, remarks coincided with a second round of US-mediated talks among Kyiv, Moscow, and U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner.
- Previously, Kyiv largely avoided giving regular tallies, with Zelenskyy reporting 31,000 deaths in February 2024 and over 46,000 in early 2025, while both Kyiv and Moscow rarely disclose casualty totals.
- U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff reported that negotiators agreed to exchange 314 prisoners, describing the meetings as detailed and productive but warning that significant work remains.
- Independent estimates show that the Center for Strategic and International Studies estimated 100,000–140,000 Ukrainian fatalities last year, Ukraine's General Staff reported 1,243,070 Russian troop losses, and Mediazona confirmed 168,142 Russian deaths as of Feb. 1.
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy revealed that the number of Ukrainian soldiers killed during the four-year war with Russia stands at 55,000, with tens of thousands more missing.
55,000 Ukrainian soldiers have been killed since the start of the Russian invasion nearly four years ago, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Wednesday. Ukraine and Russia rarely release figures on front-line casualties, but analysts believe the actual number is much higher than official figures.
Almost four years ago the Russian army attacked the neighboring country Ukraine. Every day soldiers die. Ukrainian President Selenskyy now calls new numbers on the losses. How meaningful are these figures? Because other estimates are far above that. In addition, thousands of soldiers evade conscription.
The President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, announced that 55,000 Ukrainian soldiers died on the battlefield in the four years of the war with Russia, the BBC reports today.
Zelensky Confirms 55,000 Ukrainian Soldiers Killed Since February 2022 - Novinite.com - Sofia News Agency
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky revealed in an interview with French television channel France2 that 55,000 Ukrainian servicemen have been killed since Russia launched its invasion in February 2022, according to Agence France-Presse. He emphasized that this figure includes both regular troops and mobilized personnel, as well as a significant number considered missing by Ukraine.
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