During Operation "Vivaldi," up to 140 sq km of territory was liberated — Zelenskyy
Kyiv • UNN
Zelenskyy said that 125–140 sq km had been liberated during Operation "Vivaldi." The offensive continues, and Russia's losses have risen to 42,000 per month.
During the offensive operation by Ukraine’s Defense Forces, “Vivaldi,” approximately 125–140 sq km of territory was deoccupied. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said this in an interview with Reuters, reports UNN.
“Vivaldi” is a very successful operation. It has not yet been completed. As of today, approximately 125–140 square kilometers have been deoccupied
He noted that the number of Russian troops killed and wounded has increased over the past two or three months.
Since the beginning of the year, their losses amounted to 30,000–32,000 people per month: 21,000–22,000 killed, with the remainder seriously wounded. Now the figure is 42,000 losses per month. Thus, during the offensive, we lost several times fewer people than Russia, and they were on the defensive
In addition, the president said that Ukrainian troops had wanted to launch Operation “Vivaldi” a year ago, but at that time it was not yet sufficiently prepared. According to him, the postponement made it possible to achieve significantly better results and minimize losses.