Zelenskyy: 55,000 Ukrainian Troops Killed, Many Missing Since 2022 War Start

• Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated that 55,000 Ukrainian troops have been killed since Russia's full-scale invasion in 2022.
• Zelenskyy also noted a "great number" of soldiers are missing in action, as revealed in an interview with France 2.
• His comments followed trilateral talks between Ukraine, Russia, and the US in the UAE, which Kyiv described as "substantive and productive."
• A CSIS study projects up to 2 million Russian and Ukrainian casualties (killed, wounded, missing) in coming months, a report dismissed by the Kremlin.
• Talks in Abu Dhabi focused on "military and military-political issues" amid ongoing Russian attacks on Ukraine's power infrastructure.