Zelenski extols from Bakhmut the "heroic" fight of the Ukrainian forces against the Russian Army

He stresses that the town, in Donetsk, "is the hottest spot on the entire front" and accuses Moscow of "wasting lives" with its war

MADRID, 20 Dic. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The President of Ukraine, Volodimir Zelenski, has paid this Tuesday a visit to the city of Bakhmut, located in the Donetsk region (east), from where he has praised the "heroic" fight of the Ukrainian forces to repel the advance of the Russian Army , which has suffered "close to 100,000" deaths since the start of the invasion.

"Bajmut is the hottest point on the entire front, which is 1,300 kilometers of active hostilities. Since May, the occupiers have been trying to break into our Bakhmut, but time is passing and Bakhmut is breaking not only the Russian Army, but the mercenaries Russians who came to replace the losses among the occupiers," he said in a message on his Telegram account.

Thus, he has affirmed that "Russia has already lost more than 99,000 soldiers in Ukraine" and has added that "within the casualties among the occupiers will be 100,000". "For what? No one in Moscow can answer this question, and they will not. They carry out war and waste human lives, those of others, not those of their loved ones, not their own lives, but those of others because a group in the Kremlin cannot admit mistakes and is afraid of reality," he said.

"Reality speaks for itself", Zelenski has reported, who has emphasized that "every day of heroic resistance by the defense forces, by all the people, brings closer the moment in which all of Ukraine can feel victory and the peace". "This cruelty will not give anything to the enemy," the Ukrainian president has settled.

For its part, the General Staff of the Ukrainian Army has estimated this Tuesday at "around 99,230" the number of Russian soldiers killed in combat, including 430 "liquidated" during the last 24 hours. Likewise, it has said that 2,995 battle tanks, 1,960 artillery systems, 212 anti-aircraft defense systems and 410 self-propelled and armored multiple rocket launchers have been destroyed.

Likewise, he said in a message on his Facebook social network account that 281 planes, 266 helicopters, 1,680 drones, 653 cruise missiles, 16 boats and 4,599 vehicles and fuel tanks have also been destroyed. "The data is being updated. Hit the occupier. Let's win together. Our strength is in the truth", he has riveted.

The head of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, Mark Milley, stated on November 10 that Russia has suffered "more than 100,000" casualties, including military deaths and injuries, in the framework of the invasion of Ukraine, before adding that the figures among the Ukrainian ranks "are probably similar."