In the Russian attack on Ukraine, according to Kiev data have lost about 2500 to 3000 Ukrainian soldiers. The data was announced by the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky for television, CNN. Zelensky reported about 10,000 soldiers wounded on the Ukrainian side and it is not known how many of them will survive. Zelensky mentioned these figures to emphasize that 20,000 Russian soldiers had been killed by the Russian side in the meantime. Western estimates put the death toll at several thousand Russian soldiers, while Moscow has only 1,350 soldiers killed in its ranks.
The Ukrainian president, referring to the relatives of the victims, said that the father is very sad when the parents lose a child, “It hurts a lot. This is a tragedy.” But he stressed that he should not see this as a father, because “after that you only want revenge and murder.” He should look at this as the president of a country where many people have lost their lives and many relatives have lost their loved ones, but who have millions of others who “want to live”. “We want to fight, but we all want to give our best, so that this fight does not last indefinitely.” CNN will broadcast the interview with Zelensk on Sunday.
Daily victims on the outskirts of Kiev
According to the Ukrainian police, more than 900 civilian bodies were found in the suburbs of Kiev after the withdrawal of Russian troops. Most of them were shot. This is a sign that people are simply “executed”, say the Ukrainian police. The victims were left on the street or temporarily buried, quotes the news agency, AP the head of the Kiev police, Andrey Nebitov. 95% of the victims died from gunshot wounds. According to Nebitov, corpses are found daily under the rubble and in mass graves. Most of the victims were found in Butsha. The bodies of 350 civilians were found there.
War crimes are being investigated in Butsha
Russia sends protest note
The Russian government has sent protest notes to several Western countries over arms supplies to Ukraine. The United States is among them, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Saharova told Interfax on Friday. According to the Washington Post, the government in Moscow warns in a note of protest to the US government that such arms supplies could have “unpredictable consequences”./DW