Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Sunday said that 31,000 of his country's soldiers had been killed since Russia's full-scale invasion two years ago.
乌克兰总统弗拉基米尔·泽连斯基周日表示,自两年前俄乌冲突全面爆发以来,乌克兰已有3.1万名士兵阵亡。
It was the first official tally of Ukraine's troop casualties in more than a year.
这是一年多来乌克兰军队伤亡人数的首次官方统计。
At the end of 2022, a presidential aide reported that 13,000 Ukrainian soldiers had been killed.
在2022年底的时候,一名总统助手报告称,有1.3万名乌克兰士兵阵亡。
Zelenskiy's tally differs sharply from what the New York Times reported in August, when it cited U.S. officials as saying that close to 70,000 Ukrainian soldiers had been killed.
泽连斯基的说法与《纽约时报》去年8月份的报道大相径庭,当时《纽约时报》援引美国官员的话称,有近7万名乌克兰士兵阵亡。
The same report said that as many as 120,000 Russian troops had died during the war.
同一份报告还指出,有多达12万名俄罗斯士兵在战争中阵亡。
Zelenskiy on Sunday told reporters that 180,000 Russians had been killed in the fighting.
而泽连斯基在周日告诉记者,实际上有18万俄罗斯人在战斗中丧生。
Russia does not disclose military losses, which it regards as a secret.
俄罗斯方面没有披露军事损失,并认为这是机密。
Battlefield casualties are a highly sensitive subject in Ukraine,
战场伤亡在乌克兰是一个高度敏感的话题,
which is trying to reform how it mobilizes civilians to join its armed forces after last year's counteroffensive failed to break through Russian lines.
在去年的反攻未能突破俄军防线后,乌克兰方面正试图就如何动员平民加入其武装部队调整策略。
Russian forces will attempt another offensive in late May or summer, Zelenskiy said,
泽连斯基称,俄罗斯军队将在5月底或夏天时发起又一次进攻,
adding that Ukraine has a new plan for a counteroffensive, details of which he could not disclose publicly.
他还表示,乌克兰方面已经制定了一个新的反攻计划,但他不能公开透露细节。