https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/09/trump-putin-ukraine-war
Last month, Trump estimated that approximately 1 million Russian soldiers and 700,000 Ukrainian troops have been killed since the invasion began – an estimate far in excess of numbers that Ukrainian officials or independent analysts have presented.
The Post said the national security adviser, Michael Waltz, joined the president during the interview.
“Let’s get these meetings going,” Trump said. “They want to meet. Every day people are dying. Young handsome soldiers are being killed. Young men, like my sons. On both sides. All over the battlefield.”
