US EditionFifty-five thousand Ukrainian soldiers killed on battlefield, Zelenskyy tells French TV
Zelenskyy disclosed 55,000 Ukrainian soldiers killed and many missing amid US-brokered peace talks, highlighting the war's severe human toll and ongoing conflict risks.
- 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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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.
Zelenskyy says 55,000 Ukrainian soldiers have died fighting Russia's invasion
Ukraine's President Zelenskyy says that 55,000 Ukrainian soldiers have died in the ongoing conflict with Russia. This figure is lower than a U.S. think tank's estimate of 140,000. Talks between Moscow and Kyiv, described by a U.S. envoy as "detailed…
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