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Ukraine Anger Over Von Der Leyen's Unverified '100,000 Dead Soldiers' Claim
Newsweek ^

Posted on 11/30/2022 12:31:00 PM PST by navysealdad

Ukraine has hit back at a claim by the European Commission's president that 100,000 of Kyiv's troops have been killed since Russia's invasion in February

Ursula von der Leyen used the number in a video address, prompting Kyiv's armed forces to state that the death toll was "classified information." Footage of her speech has since been edited to cut the reference.

In Russia, the state-owned news agency Tass was among the media outlets to seize on the high figure and to say the European Commission had "removed information about 100,000 dead Ukrainian servicemen.

(Excerpt) Read more at newsweek.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 100kukeskia; putinbots; theykissputinsbutt
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1 posted on 11/30/2022 12:31:00 PM PST by navysealdad
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To: navysealdad

Kinda peeved that the production studios; cast, crew, stagehands didn’t get things right. It’s bad for the propaganda industry.


2 posted on 11/30/2022 12:35:42 PM PST by JonPreston
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To: navysealdad

How many Russians?........................


3 posted on 11/30/2022 12:35:48 PM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Red Badger

Per FR, all of them.


4 posted on 11/30/2022 12:36:26 PM PST by EEGator
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To: navysealdad
When truth bombs are dropped by mistake...
5 posted on 11/30/2022 12:37:01 PM PST by cranked
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To: Red Badger

“How many Russians?........................”

“As of November 25, we were able to confirm information about 9311 dead soldiers and officers.”

‘Hundreds of mobilized, officers and airborne forces: what is known about Russia’s losses in Ukraine during the nine months of the war’
https://www.bbc.com/russian/features-63755790
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‘Russian casualties corroborated by publicly available data as of November 18 - 9001’
https://en.zona.media/article/2022/05/20/casualties_eng
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Anything else?


6 posted on 11/30/2022 12:38:12 PM PST by cranked
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To: navysealdad

Any way for this news to make a ‘speedy’ path to, say, some ‘mom’ around these parts?


7 posted on 11/30/2022 12:38:41 PM PST by C210N (Everything will be okay in the end. If it’s not okay, it’s not the end.)
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To: cranked

Thanks, I bet the REAL numbers are much higher on both sides...........


8 posted on 11/30/2022 12:40:17 PM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Red Badger

‘Thanks, I bet the REAL numbers are much higher on both sides...........’

Undoubtedly.
All we can rely upon is what is and has been thrown out via media and social media sources.

Objectively, yes, agreed, no one will know till the war/conflict ends and a true and accurate tally can be done/taken.


9 posted on 11/30/2022 12:43:00 PM PST by cranked
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To: cranked

It will probably be like the Iran-Iraq War of the 80’s. We may never know how many died on either side.

After the Soviet Union Collapsed, their total dead from WWII was finally revealed to be waaay worse than they admitted to and that was terrible numbers.


10 posted on 11/30/2022 12:46:27 PM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Red Badger

Battlefield losses matter little to both sides- they will never be disclosed. What matters is facts: Ukraine is de- energized, de- industrialized, and sitting in the dark. Their currency, economy, manufacturing, exports, infrastructure is crippled to say the least- 6 million more fleeing ( depopulation) the cold, NOT winning… a welfare nation, but the war cheerleaders somehow paint a picture of winning…

Ukraine 1991-2023 RIP the sooner the better.


11 posted on 11/30/2022 12:47:28 PM PST by delta7
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To: Red Badger

How many Russians?.
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No matter to Vlad. Make no mistake, he is keeping what he gained, period. He has a 1.2 million man Army which has not been mobilized by their Congress( Duma),I speak boots on the ground experience, not emotions. I trained Ivan’s for three years in Moscow- they have what it takes to “ win”.

Vlad has been checkmating our senile old man at every move, and they don’t even see it.


12 posted on 11/30/2022 12:55:22 PM PST by delta7
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To: delta7

Possible takeaway - Van Der Leyden & her faction at the EU are maneuvering to move the EU away from the American Neocon globalist agenda on Ukraine. I can hear their heads exploding as her “gaffe” ripples outwards.


13 posted on 11/30/2022 12:58:23 PM PST by Yollopoliuhqui
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To: delta7
Ukraine 1991-2023 RIP the sooner the better.

So, you support the subjugation of Ukraine by Russia?

14 posted on 11/30/2022 1:22:52 PM PST by Petrosius
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To: navysealdad

Kinda weird when the Ukes accuse their sugar mama of being a lying beeotch.


15 posted on 11/30/2022 2:36:16 PM PST by TonyinLA ( I don't have sufficient information to make an informed opinion said no lefty ever.)
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To: Petrosius

I am, just as I am supporting the continued subjugation of Iran.


16 posted on 11/30/2022 2:47:11 PM PST by ARW
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To: Petrosius

No Truth Here. Both sides tell fibs when it comes to the body bag count. We kill lots of the enemy and lose almost none of our people. Its all a lie. War is Hell. This war will only get worse and more and more people see its not the way we are being told. Only history will tell the truth in 10 to 20 years. How will we know the truth (yes we will) —when ONE side Wins and the Other LOSES. Possible ends? 1) Mr. Zelenskyy is forced to flee and a new Government makes a deal with Putin, loses land but gets new trade deals with Russia and keeps Odessa. 2)Putin is deposed and a new leader calls for a cease fire, They keep Crimea but must leave the rest of Ukraine. 3) NATO enters the fight and a full land war erupts in Eastern Europe in a fight to the death. that will A) see Moscow Fall and face occupation and rip off of natural resources. or B) Paris Falls and faces occupation by Russia and a “re-Christianization” of Europe. We shall see.


17 posted on 11/30/2022 2:49:07 PM PST by Forward the Light Brigade ( Ride to the sound of the Guns!)
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To: Yollopoliuhqui

Ukes have lost a lot of men because of they way they fight. 100,000 is probably true and not a gaffe.

Support for this war is waning in Europe. Anti American sentiment is rising.

What a pathetic mess.


18 posted on 11/30/2022 2:59:13 PM PST by dforest (What are we sittin' around for? )
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To: navysealdad
The Ukrainian is not openly talking about casualties or losses, that is true.

The Russia military has shown they do not care about losses, they will throw any warm body they can get into the meat grider if the Kremlin thinks they will ultimately win. The Russian MOD and Russian shills like Douglas Macgregor have put Ukrainian losses so high since April, Ukraine would have lost by May if they were half accurate. The Russian claims on Ukraine's losses makes the US kill counts during Vietnam look good.

Freeper Speedy in Texas has his daily posting of Oryx estimates of Russian and Ukrainian losses. Throughout the conflict Oryx has consistently reported Russia having much higher equipment losses. Assuming that casualties losses are proportional, then Russia is having higher causalities whatever the real numbers are.

19 posted on 11/30/2022 3:19:19 PM PST by Widget Jr (🇺🇦 Sláva Ukrayíni 🇺🇦 - Just say no to CCCP 2.0)
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To: Yollopoliuhqui

can hear their heads exploding as her “gaffe” ripples outwards.
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No gaffe, fact. General Wesley Clark and others have stated the 100,000 Ukie KIA are accurate- the shame is the EU Commision DELETED her remarks from her speech….cover up- as I have stated numerous times, when do people heed Trump’s warning about a corrupted western media?

The war cheerleaders can carry on, they are being deceived by Senile Joes corrupted media…..ain’t going to end well for the west, lying and deceiving will bite them- hard.

I stand by the forecast: Ukraine 1991-2023, RIP.


20 posted on 11/30/2022 6:58:42 PM PST by delta7
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