Mykhailo Podolyak, Senior Advisor to the President of Ukraine, reacted to the statement of European Commission (EC) President Ursula von der Leyen that 100 thousand Ukrainian soldiers died. DEA News.
According to him, “absolutely” and “clearly” this politician was wrong.
“So they removed that video, they removed those numbers. Because we have the official estimates of the General Staff, which the Commander-in-Chief said, the death toll ranges from 10 to 12.5-13 thousand,” he said.
Former European Commission Press Secretary Dana Spinant saidIt was reported that the video, which includes the statement of the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen about the Ukrainian army killed during the special military operation (SVO), was edited due to a mistake.
Before that, from von der Leyen’s official Twitter account. gone Information that more than 100 thousand Ukrainian soldiers lost their lives in a special operation in Ukraine.
Currently, a special operation of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation is underway in Ukraine. It was announced by Russian President Vladimir Putin on February 24. According to him, the purpose of military action is to demilitarize the neighboring country and to navy the authorities.
The decision to run the operation became the justification for new sanctions against Russia by the United States and its allies.
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