“55,000 Russian soldiers died in this war within six months. Tens of thousands are injured and maimed. Do you want more? No? Then complain. Fight back. Break free. Or surrender to Ukrainian captivity. These are choices to survive,” Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in a video Thursday afternoon that was partially delivered in Russian. Putin recently ordered the “partial mobilization” of 300,000 army reservists to support his campaign in Ukraine. Widespread anti-war demonstrations in cities across Russia followed Putin’s announcement. Over 500 people were arrested. “Russia’s decision to mobilize is a frank admission that its personnel army, which had been prepared for decades to occupy a foreign country, did not hold up and collapsed,” Zelensky said. Zelensky recalled how Ukrainian forces repelled a Russian advance on Kyiv and referred to the Ukrainian counteroffensive earlier this month that recaptured previously held territory in the northeastern region of Kharkiv. He pledged to release all 15 percent of the territory still held in the far eastern and southern regions. “It is a choice to die or live, to be disabled or to be healthy. For women in Russia, the choice is to lose their husbands, sons and grandchildren forever, or try to protect them from death, from war, from one person,” Zelensky said, referring to Putin.