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Zelenskyy Details High Russian Losses and Ukraine’s Reach at NATO Forum

July 8, 2026

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International Security, Military Strength, NATO Forum, Russian Losses, Ukraine, Ukraine-Russia Conflict, Volodymyr Zelenskyy

Zelenskyy Details High Russian Losses and Ukraine’s Reach at NATO Forum

At the NATO Defense Industry Forum on July 7, President Zelenskyy reported Ukraine eliminating around 30,000 Russian soldiers monthly, backed by video and aligning with Western estimates like CSIS’s 1.4 million total casualties since 2022. He pointed to a drone strike on Russia’s Omsk oil refinery—over 2,500 km away—as proof Ukraine has erased any safe Russian rear, while air defenses now down thousands of drones weekly. Zelenskyy urged NATO membership for a nation with such defensive strength, amid talks on boosting arms production and Ukraine aid at the Turkey-hosted summit.

We signed a Drone Deal agreement with Denmark. This is already Ukraine’s ninth such agreement, and it is important that more and more partners are joining this format, which opens up greater opportunities for joint defense production, the exchange of expertise, and transparency… pic.twitter.com/RnDFQzvwdT
— Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa) July 7, 2026

Dear Volodymyr @ZelenskyyUa, it is good to see you in Ankara.

Here, we are discussing the future of defence.

And Ukraine has a great deal to contribute.

This month, we have provided the first €4 billion of our drone package to further strengthen Ukraine's drone capabilities.… pic.twitter.com/eLPVAXWRSu
— Ursula von der Leyen (@vonderleyen) July 7, 2026

We have completely eliminated the very idea of Russia having a strategic rear.

For a long time, Russia believed it had a territorial advantage no one else possEssed – a deep rear where it could safely keep military production, military equipment, and everything its war depends… pic.twitter.com/bjuBqXyVcH
— Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa) July 7, 2026