Almost 9 thousand Ukrainian defenders died in the war with the Russian Federation - Zaluzhny

The Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valery Zaluzhnyi named the number of dead Ukrainian soldiers.

We are talking about almost 9 thousand defenders.

He said this during the "Defenders" forum. Roll call".

" In this war, not only military personnel and not only those who took up arms participate in this war - our little children, who are not guilty of anything at all, except that they were born right here and right at this time. They really do not understand anything that is happening, but they definitely need protection near Soledar, Bakhmut, Velika Novosilka, and here, because their father went to the front and may be one of the almost 9 thousand heroes who died ," he said. Valery Zaluzhnyi.