KIEV: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky claimed that more or less 30 soldiers were dying on the frontline every day now, a significant reduction since the peak of the ongoing war in May- June when 100-200 troops were killed on a daily basis.
According to Ukrayinska Pravda, the President said in an interview with The Wall Street Journal that at the height of the fighting in May and June, Ukraine was losing 100-200 personnel per day, but that figure has since decreased to 30, with approximately 250 injured each day. "I can tell you for certain because I deal with this every day," he said.
Zelensky, on the other hand, refused to give Ukraine's overall military losses since the conflict began on February 24, saying they were several times fewer than Russia's.
He said that recent weaponry supplies from the US and Western partners, particularly HIMARS rocket launcher systems and 155-mm howitzers, have helped to stabilise the situation in the eastern Donbas region.
Earlier, the Russians fired 12,000 artillery shells per day against 1-2,000 Ukrainian shells, but now Ukraine can manufacture 6,000 shells approximately per day, while Russia is experiencing ammunition and troop shortages," the President was reported as saying.
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