Ukraine is losing 60 to 100 soldiers every day, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told Newsmax in an interview that aired on Tuesday.

The situation in the east [of Ukraine] is very difficult. We are losing 60 to 100 soldiers every day and something like 500 wounded in combat,” Zelenskyy said.

The President also told Newsmax that shipments of grain are being blocked by Russia in the Black Sea.

“Currently, 22.5 million tons of grain are blocked by Russia,” Zelenskyy said. “In order to de-block this territory with an exit to the sea, with an exit to water, with an exit to our people, we need to fight and we need to have weapons with effective range as far as 120-140 kilometers.”