Foreign Policy

Zelensky says latest Russian troops killed in war ‘were not trained for combat’

By Mike Brest
Published October 4, 2022 3:09pm ET
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Zelensky says latest Russian troops killed in war ‘were not trained for combat’
In this photo released by Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy leads a meeting of the National Security and Defense Council in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Sept. 30, 2022. Ukraine's president says his country is submitting an "accelerated" application to join the NATO military alliance. | (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP)

Russian soldiers who recently reached the front lines of the war in Ukraine did not have fighting experience or training, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in his Monday night address.

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