Thousands will be killed: Zelensky urged Russians not to go to war

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky called on Russian soldiers not to go to war in Ukraine, otherwise "thousands of them will be killed and wounded." The head of state said this during an evening video message.

We know that the Russian command is preparing for new big losses. In those units, the personnel of which was almost completely destroyed or significantly weakened in March-April, new people are being recruited. With little motivation. With little combat experience. They just want to get the right amount. So that these units could also be thrown into the offensive,” Zelensky said.

The Russian command is well aware that thousands more Russian soldiers will be killed and thousands more will be wounded in the coming weeks, the President noted.

But why do the Russian soldiers themselves? Why is it their family? Russian commanders lie to their soldiers when they say that they will face some serious responsibility for refusing to fight. And at the same time, they do not tell, for example, about the preparation by the Russian army of additional refrigerators for storing corpses. They don’t tell what new “planned” losses the generals are expecting,” Zelensky said.

He stressed that every Russian soldier can still save his life.

It is better for you to survive in Russia than to perish on our soil,” the head of state said.