EU Chief Says Over 100,000 Ukrainian Troops Have Been Killed in War With Russia; EU Cuts Statement From Her Speech

Chris Menahan
InformationLiberation
Nov. 30, 2022

Ursula von der Leyen, the Head of the European Commission, made an address on Wednesday claiming that more than 100,000 Ukrainian troops have died in their war with Russia.

Von der Leyen said that it is estimated that "more than 20,000 civilians and 100,000 Ukrainian military officers have been killed so far" in the war.

🇺🇦🇷🇺🇪🇺"Ukraine's losses since the beginning of the Special Military Operation amounted to over 100 000 soldiers"

"EU Commission proposed to create a fund of frozen 300 billion EUR of Russian assets and 19 billion of private assets to compensate payments to Ukraine"-Von der Leyen pic.twitter.com/8V9QnydmHF
— AZ 🛰🌏🌍🌎 (@AZgeopolitics) November 30, 2022

The EU cut her comments on the dramatic death toll out of the video and removed the line from the transcript of her speech on their website.

First video vs cut video. You lie to us (like always) and hide the truth. NATO is fighting Russia (and europeans paying for it) until last ukranian soldier +100.000 KIA (and like in all wars 2-4x wounded) plus western mercenaries. But you made a mistake that now you try to hide pic.twitter.com/33oW9mfHNJ
— Kasa (@Portugalujo) November 30, 2022

Dana Spinant, Deputy chief spokeswoman and Director for Political Communication for the EU Commission, said the figures were an "estimation" from "external sources."

"Many thanks to those who pointed out the inaccuracy regarding the figures in a previous version of this video," Spinant said. "The estimation used, from external sources, should have referred to casualties, i.e. both killed and injured, and was meant to show Russia's brutality."

Many thanks to those who pointed out the inaccuracy regarding the figures in a previous version of this video.

The estimation used, from external sources, should have referred to casualties, i.e. both killed and injured, and was meant to show Russia‘s brutality. https://t.co/GesDe7bK8v
— Dana Spinant (@DanaSpinant) November 30, 2022

Earlier this month, US General Mark Milley estimated that 100,000 Ukrainian troops have been killed in the war.

Von der Leyen also said in her speech that the EU is planning to steal around $320 billion in Russian assets they froze and give it to Ukraine.

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