Zelenskyy Says 31,000 Ukrainian Soldiers Killed Since Russia Invaded

KYIV—President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Sunday that 31,000 Ukrainian soldiers had been killed since Russia’s full-scale invasion two years ago, giving the first official figure for more than a year. Mr. Zelenskyy told a news conference in Kyiv that he could not disclose the number of wounded because it would help Russian military planning. “Thirty-one thousand Ukrainian troops have been killed in this war. Not 300,000, not 150,000 … [Russian President Vladimir] Putin is lying there … But nevertheless, this is a big loss for us.” Ukraine has not put a number to its military losses since the end of 2022, when presidential aide Mykhailo Podolyak said 13,000 Ukrainian soldiers had been killed since the invasion on Feb. 24....