US President Donald Trump has revealed the human losses for Russia and Ukraine in the war, which are dramatically higher than announced so far by both sides.
After taking office, Trump promised to try to end the full-scale war that Vladimir Putin started against Ukraine in February 2022.
In front of journalists at the White House, Trump said that it would be much better for Putin to end this war. “Close to 1 million Russian soldiers have been killed, 700,000 Ukrainian soldiers have been killed. Russia is bigger and has more soldiers [to lose]. But this is not a good way to run the country“, said the new American president.
In December 2024, Zelensky said that 43,000 Ukrainian soldiers had died on the front since the beginning of the war. The casualties announced by Trump are much higher. The American president did not provide information on what data he was referring to. There is also a big discrepancy in information about the number of Russian casualties. According to Trump, they are 1 million (only the killed soldiers), while Kiev claims that 822,000 Russian soldiers were “eliminated“ on the front, probably referring to the total number of killed and wounded enemy soldiers.
Trump said that he plans to talk soon with Russian President Vladimir Putin, as well as with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. Trump said Zelensky wanted to make a deal, but did not provide further details.
The US president, who was sworn in in Washington yesterday, also said Putin was destroying Russia by not wanting to make a deal. “Russia is facing big problems. Look at the economy, the inflation”, Trump told reporters in the Oval Office. “I get along very well with him [Putin] and I hope he will agree to a deal,”, Trump stressed.