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European Commission deleted the part from Ursula von der Leyen's address on death of more than 100,000 Ukrainian servicemen -UPDATED

30 November 2022 15:15 (UTC +04:00)

European Commission deleted the part from Ursula von der Leyen's video address on the death of more than 100,000 Ukrainian servicemen as a result of the war, APA reports.

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“Ukraine lost more than 100 thousand servicemen since the war started,” said the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen, APA reports.

He stressed that Russia should pay for the crimes it committed: “Occupation of Ukraine by Russia led to death, destructions, in short, sufferings that can not be expressed with words. All of us remember Bucha events. It is estimated that more than 20 thousand civilians and more than 100 thousand Ukrainians. Russia should pay for these horrific crimes.”