[속보] Ukrainian President Says 4,500 Russians Killed

Ukraine’s defense ministry “slows down the pace of the offensive… All attempts to invade Russia have failed.”

“Successful defeat of Russia’s main task force battalion tactics”
“Russian morale is lowered, so desertion and disobedience of orders are frequent”

▲ Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky delivers a speech via video in Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine, on the 27th (local time). President Zelensky was willing to negotiate with Russia, but he refused to negotiate in Belarus. Instead, he offered to negotiate in Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Turkey and Azerbaijan. 2022.2.27. AFP Yonhap News.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced on the 28th that more than 4,500 Russian troops have been killed since Russia invaded Ukraine on the 24th (local time). Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense has ruled that all Russian aggression attempts through military operations have been unsuccessful.

President Zelensky said in a statement that “more than 4,500 Russian soldiers have already been killed in the war,” urging Russian troops to immediately lay down their weapons and withdraw.

Ukraine’s defense ministry earlier said that the Russian military had slowed down the offensive, but the attack still continued in some areas.

The Defense Ministry said in a statement that the Russian military continued to launch airstrikes once morest military and civilian airfields, military command facilities, air defense facilities, critical critical infrastructure, and residences and units in defense areas.

▲ Russian armored vehicles burning in the city of Kharkov, Ukraine
A Russian armored personnel carrier is engulfed in flames on the streets of the second city of Kharkov, where a street battle took place on the 27th (local time), four days following Ukraine was invaded by Russia. 2022.2.28
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However, the Ministry of National Defense said, “All attempts by the Russian aggressor force to achieve the objectives of military operations have failed.”

He claimed that the missile strikes were carried out on residential buildings in cities such as Zitomir and Chernivu in violation of international humanitarian law.

The Ministry of National Defense of Ukraine said that it was able to abandon the offensive by successfully repelling the approach of the Battalion Tactics Group (BTG), the main task force of the Russian Army. did,” he said.

He also said, “The enemy has lowered morale and suffered great losses, so desertion and disobedience of orders are frequently occurring.”

A Russian tank that was destroyed by Ukrainian forces exhales smoke from a roadside in Luhansk Oblast, eastern Ukraine, on the 26th (local time), the third day of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Luhan Seek AFP Yonhap News

Zelensky: ‘I am skeptical of Russia’s talks’
Ukraine’s foreign minister says he can’t concede even an inch of territory

Ukrainian President Zelensky was skeptical of the outcome of the summit as delegations from Russia and Ukraine, which have been fighting for a fourth day, prepare for a meeting.

President Zelensky said, “I don’t believe the outcome of this meeting, but I told the delegation to try it,” and “later, among the people of Ukraine, “I told the delegation to try so that no one would ever doubt that I was trying to end the war as president,” he said.

“I will be honest as always,” he added.

Earlier today, Russia and Ukraine agreed to meet and hold talks without conditions at the Belarusian border.

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitro Kuleva said, “We are going to hear what Russia wants to say.” “The talks might end in peace, but we are not going to negotiate. We cannot yield even an inch of our territory,” he said.

▲ Russian President Vladimir Putin – Associated Press

The President of Ukraine Zelensky. AP Yonhap News

▲ Even following knowing that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky had been ranked number 1 in assassination by Russian special forces, he did not leave the capital, Kyiv, and vowed to defend the country.

Reporter Kang Ju-ri