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Zelenskyy at UN General Assembly: Russia lost nearly 249,000 troops in eight months. VIDEO
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is addressing the general debate of the UN General Assembly in New York on September 23.
Censor.NET reports this.
Key statements
- "There are 21 countries in the world whose populations are smaller than the number of Russian soldiers killed over the past eight months."
- "This year alone, from January through August, the Russian army lost 248,964 servicemen on the battlefield in Ukraine."
- During that period, Russia captured slightly more than 1,000 square kilometers of Ukrainian territory, a significant portion of which Ukraine has already liberated.
- North Korea sent troops to Russia to reinforce its army. The war is helping North Korea develop its military capabilities, including ballistic missiles and drones.
- Since the beginning of the year, Russia has launched more than 2,000 missiles of various types and 63,000 attack drones against Ukraine.
- "After Donbas, Putin will want more of our cities: Odesa, Kharkiv and Dnipro." During his UN address, Zelenskyy said that, in his view, even the capture of Donbas would not stop Russia.
- "Ukraine strikes Russia’s oil industry not for the sake of oil, gasoline, diesel or ports, but to limit its ability to finance the war."
- "Russia is a country that has 17 million square kilometers of its own land even without Ukrainian territory. To annex another thousand square kilometers, Putin has ‘spent’ 248 people per square kilometer."
The president also said Russia had designs on Moldova and was threatening Poland and the Baltic states. According to him, Russia "shows no respect" for the statehood of countries in the South Caucasus and Central Asia.
Background
- On September 22, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and US President Donald Trump met in New York on the sidelines of the 81st session of the UN General Assembly. The two leaders discussed Patriot production in Ukraine. Trump said that he and Zelenskyy were working to end the Russia-Ukraine war before winter.
- The US president also said Ukrainian strikes on oil refineries had dealt the Russians "a serious blow", but had also affected global diesel prices.
- After meeting Trump, Zelenskyy said Ukraine was ready for any form of energy ceasefire with Russia. The US side was to convey the proposal to the Russians.
