At the funeral of a Ukrainian soldier. Photo: Global Look Press
Up to 1,000 Ukrainian soldiers are killed or wounded every day in the fighting in Donbas. Of these, an average of 200 to 500 were killed and many more were injured, and that number has risen sharply in the past two weeks, said Zelensky, the People's Servant. David Arakhamia. Axios quoted him as saying.
Earlier, President Volodymyr Zelensky said 60 to 100 Ukrainian soldiers would die every day. His adviser Mykhailo Podolyak marked the number of 100-200 people, the Defense Minister of Ukraine spoke of 100 dead and up to 500 injured every day. According to Arakhamia, this number has increased significantly in the last two weeks.
At the same time, Arakhamia says that Ukraine has called in a million people and has the ability to recruit another two million, so it has enough strength to continue fighting in the Donbas.
What Ukraine lacks, says Arakhamia, are weapons and ammunition to withstand Russia.
“Our negotiating position is actually quite weak, we do not want to sit at the negotiating table if we are in this “We need to reverse the events,” Arakhamia said, saying that a counter-offensive by Ukraine's armed forces was needed to get the territory back.