“Putin lies to leaders”: Zelenskyy says Russia lost 3,000 troops in Dobropillia offensive

He announced this in his evening video address.

“The total Russian losses just within our Dobropillia counteroffensive operation are already more than three thousand, most of them irrecoverable. That is where the Russians wanted to make one of their major breakthroughs on the front, but our forces are neutralizing them,” Zelenskyy stated.

He stressed that Moscow has had to invent new excuses for years to explain why its objectives in Ukraine are constantly being postponed.

“Putin lies to leaders who still talk to him when he says that the occupation forces are achieving some kind of goals. And it is telling that despite everything the world says to Russia, they still respond only with new assaults and new strikes on Ukrainian cities and infrastructure. They are truly sick with war, and whether they can be cured is a question. The only thing that can force this Russian virus of war to stop is strength, strong decisions, strong assistance,” the president emphasized.

• In less than two months, Ukrainian forces hit 85 important targets on Russian territory, Ukrainian Armed Forces Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi reported.