Zelensky appeals to his Western allies to increase military support for Ukraine and pledges to achieve victory (European)

The data war raged between Ukraine and Russia over the losses each side inflicted on the other, the day after the G7 summit in Kiev, where Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky appealed to his Western allies to increase military support for his country, pledging to achieve victory as the war with Moscow enters its third year.

In a statement full of numbers and the extent of losses - which have not been verified from an independent source - the Ukrainian army announced, today, Sunday, that the number of Russian soldiers killed since the beginning of the Russian war on Ukraine in February 2022 has risen to about 409,820 soldiers, including 810 soldiers who died. During the last 24 hours.

The Ukrainian army said in its statement that it destroyed 16 out of 18 attack drones launched by Russia last night.

The Air Force reported - via the Telegram application - that Iranian-made drones were shot down over 8 regions in central, western and southern Ukraine, including the capital region.

According to a statement issued by the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, on its page on the social networking site “Facebook”, and reported by the Ukrainian National News Agency “Ukrinform”, the Ukrainian forces “destroyed 6,542 tanks, including 8 tanks yesterday, Saturday alone, 12,441 armored combat vehicles, and 9,981 systems.” Artillery, 999 multiple launch rocket systems, and 684 air defense systems.”

The statement added that 340 aircraft, 325 helicopters, 7,681 drones, 1,907 cruise missiles, 25 warships, one submarine, 13,011 vehicles and fuel tanks, and 1,578 special equipment units were destroyed.

On the other hand, the Ministry of Defense in Moscow announced, via its channel on the Telegram application, this morning, that air defenses intercepted and destroyed two Ukrainian drones over the Russian Belgorod region near the border, and 4 other aircraft over the Black Sea.

Allied support

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has appealed to his Western allies to increase military support for his country, pledging to achieve victory as the war with Moscow enters its third year.

Although his forces in the east and south of the country suffer from a shortage of equipment, while Russia achieved its first field gains in about a year;

Zelensky delivered a loud speech at the G7 summit in Kiev yesterday, on the occasion of the second anniversary of the start of the Russian war.

Zelensky addressed the leaders of the group's heads of state who came to the Ukrainian capital, saying, "Your vital support will help our country win on the battlefield... and you know very well that we need all of this at the right time, and we are counting on you."

Flanked by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who came to Kiev, Zelensky said during the summit, “Putin can lose this war, and remember that imperialist and revanchist ambitions can only be overcome together.” .

In a statement after the summit, the G7 donors called on Kiev for more funding to compensate for its financial deficit.

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said in an article in the Sunday Times newspaper yesterday that Western countries must be "more bold about confiscating Russian assets that they frozen after the comprehensive invasion of Ukraine in 2022."

Marking the two-year anniversary of the start of the conflict, Sunak added, “Ukraine still needs more long-range weapons, drones and ammunition, in addition to other aid. We must be bolder in striking the Russian war economy.”

It is noteworthy that British Investment Minister Dominic Johnson met last month with Wally Adeyemo, Deputy Secretary of the US Treasury, to discuss the confiscation of frozen Russian assets, but he stressed that this must be done within the framework of international law.

Source: Agencies