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Ukraine's Army Now Larger Than Russia's (www.newsweek.com)
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U Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky claimed that Kyiv's army is now larger than Moscow's during a joint press conference with Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk on Wednesday. He said that Ukraine's military now has 880,000 soldiers, while Russia's forces are comprised of 600,000 troops.

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[-] Aatube@kbin.melroy.org 17 points 3 days ago

Either a typo, or that's what he previously said and now he's saying 880k.

[-] Skua@kbin.earth 22 points 3 days ago

Almost certainly a typo. Both the subtitles under the video of Zelenskyy and every other mention of the number all say 880,000

[-] Aatube@kbin.melroy.org 4 points 3 days ago

There's this syndicated Jan 6 story that says he said 980k back then.

[-] pupbiru@aussie.zone 9 points 3 days ago

it’s also okay to misspeak, misremember, etc… we shouldn’t demand absolute perfection from our leaders. this isn’t an exam

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