Russian soldiers keep going to warzones “to die, because that’s what Putin wants”: Zelenskyy

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stood before dozens of world leaders at the 81st United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) Wednesday and delivered a stirring, 26-minute speech condemning Russian President Vladimir Putin and his invasion of Ukraine nearly five years ago. Zelenskyy noted the deaths of exactly 248,964 Russian soldiers between January and August, claiming Russia’s leader keeps sending personnel into Ukrainian warzones “to die, because that’s what Putin wants.” “After losing so many people, Russia managed to capture just over 1,000 square kilometres of our land this year – and we have already liberated a significant part of it,” Zelenskyy said, adding, “Russia is a country that already has 17 million square kilometres of its own. Land without any Ukrainian territory, by the way. So, to add another thousand square kilometres, Putin is paying with 248 people for every kilometre.” Zelenskyy went on to call Putin “patient zero” of the ongoing war and vowed a “painful

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