‘Zelensky significantly underestimates the true losses from the war’, – The Washington Post

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky “significantly understates the true losses of the war”.

This information reported according to The Washington Post, citing a member of the Ukrainian parliament who wished to remain anonymous.

“In his opinion, Zelensky’s statement in February that 31,000 soldiers had been killed since 2022 significantly understates the true losses of the war,” the newspaper quotes the deputy.

The member of parliament says that the president downplayed the losses “to avoid disrupting an already difficult mobilization campaign.”

The member of parliament believes that concerns about “unlimited terms of service, dissatisfaction with low pay and fears that the Ukrainian government will not properly care for the families of the killed or wounded” are deterring mobilization efforts.