mountains of dead soldiers
Zelenskyj to Russians: “Losses not noticed?”
03/20/2022, 5:00 a.m
According to polls, the majority of people in Russia support the war in Ukraine. There still seems to be little resistance in view of their own losses. Ukrainian President Zelenskyy is trying to change that by addressing the Russian people.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy sent a video message to the people of Russia with drastic words about heavy Russian war losses. “At the focal points of particularly heavy fighting, our front lines of defense are practically overwhelmed with the bodies of Russian soldiers,” Zelensky said on Sunday night.
“And these bodies, these bodies are not being recovered by anyone,” he continued. “And they’re chasing new units over them, any reserves that the Russian commanders are collecting somewhere.” He can understand that Russia has almost endless reserves of soldiers and military equipment. “But I would like to know from the citizens of Russia: what has been done to you over the years that you did not notice your losses?”. So far, more than 14,000 Russian soldiers have been killed. “That’s 14,000 mothers, 14,000 fathers, wives, children, relatives, friends – and you don’t notice?”
The Ukrainian account of the killed Russian soldiers cannot be independently verified – just as little as that of their own military losses, which the state leadership put at around 1,300 soldiers around a week ago. So far, the Russian side has officially confirmed just under 500 casualties in the ranks of its own army.