The number of Russian soldiers killed in the battle is as high as 11 times. Former Ukrainian commander-in-chief Sersky: The battle line has been stabilized

Former Ukrainian Armed Forces Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrsky said in a recent interview that the Ukrainian army had successfully stabilized the front line by "destroying Russia's ability to advance" by using a strategy of killing Russian soldiers in large numbers. This is Selsky's first interview since the internal strife in the military this summer.

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) reported that Selsky pointed out in the interview that the Russian army's losses in the war were six times that of Ukraine. "If you only count the number of people killed in the war, the gap will be as high as 11 times." The huge gap in military losses, combined with technological advancement, the Ukrainian army's choice to attack the weaknesses of the Russian defense line, and other fronts taking the defensive, explains the reason for the stalemate on the Russian-Ukrainian front line.

Selsky said more bluntly that the Russian army only captured 61 square kilometers of territory in the first half of 2026, "This shows that the front line has been stabilized."

Selski also talked about the turmoil in the Ukrainian army’s high-level reshuffle in July this year. At that time, former Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov had a falling out with Selsky, and both were eventually replaced by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

Selsky explained that Fedorov did not consider the interests of the military when purchasing armaments and supplies, so he had "objections" to Fedorov. For example, Fedorov paid too much attention to drones and ignored important frontline equipment such as unmanned vehicles, pickup trucks, and motorcycles. He even pointed out that even after purchasing drones, the military only received half of the supplies it needed, and insufficient supplies still existed.

Selsky also defended the Ukrainian military’s military operation into Russia’s Kursk region in August 2024. Since the Ukrainian army retreated in the spring of the following year, some soldiers thought this operation was a "disaster." However, Selsky explained that the Russian army invested 6 times its troops in a massive attack. It was the Kursk operation that disrupted the Russian army's plan and forced the Russian army to mobilize its troops, so that the defenders of Wunan and Wudong could breathe.

Sersky also said that he believes that the Ukrainian military will become more and more technological and will invest in more robots, automated systems and artificial intelligence, but he insisted that humans will still play a decisive role on the battlefield, "because those systems need to be operated by humans."