Zelensky’s deputy claims that up to 13,000 people died in the Ukraine war

• According to a senior official, up to 13,000 Ukrainian soldiers have died since Russia’s invasion began.
• The military of Ukraine has not backed up Mr. Podolyak’s claims, and it is uncommon for Ukraine to provide casualty data.
• He said in June that every day, 100 to 200 Ukrainian soldiers were killed.

An advisor to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky named Mykhailo Podolyak estimated that between 10,000 and 13,000 soldiers had died.

The military of Ukraine has not backed up Mr. Podolyak’s claims, and it is uncommon for Ukraine to provide casualty data.

He said in June that every day, 100 to 200 Ukrainian soldiers were killed.

The most senior US general, Mark Milley, stated last month that since the start of the war, roughly 100,000 Russian and 100,000 Ukrainian soldiers have been killed or injured.

Ursula Von der Leyen, the leader of the EU Commission, said that 100,000 Ukrainian soldiers had died in a video message on Wednesday. A representative for the EU Commission later stated that this was an error and that the number really included both the dead and the injured.

Mr. Podolyak claimed that Kyiv was “openly discussing about the number of the killed” in an interview with Ukrainian television station Channel 24.

He added: “We have official assessments by the General Staff and the commander-in-chief [Mr. Zelensky], and they range from 10,000 to 12,500-13,000 killed.

He continued by saying that “substantial” numbers of civilians may have been killed. Up until about mid-June, 3,600 civilian deaths had been documented. The number is probably considerably higher now.

According to Ms. von der Leyen, 20,000 civilians in Ukraine were slain. Although the EU Commission did not retract that figure, it was eliminated from later iterations of the movie along with the claim that 100,000 troops had been slain.

Additionally, Mr. Podolyak asserted that between 100,000 and 150,000 Russian soldiers had been injured, gone missing, or were otherwise unable to participate in combat since the invasion’s start on February 24.

Sources claim that since the invasion on February 24, at least 9,311 Russian soldiers of all ranks have died; however, the actual death toll may be higher than 18,600.

The Ukrainian military said that Russia was depleting Ukraine’s air defences by launching fake nuclear-capable missiles. Ukrainian military analysts claimed that Russia was employing rockets without explosive payloads intended for nuclear use, and they speculated that this may be the case due to the fact that so many of its other missiles were used in enormous attacks on Ukrainian infrastructure.

Oleg Ustenko, a different important adviser to President Zelensky, alleged that BP was entitled to hundreds of millions of pounds in “blood money” from investments in Russia. Rosneft, a major Russian energy company, no longer makes any profits for BP, the company claimed.

The presidents of the US and France have stated that they will continue to collaborate to help Ukraine and hold Russia responsible for its actions. President Biden also stated that he was “willing to speak to Mr. Putin” in order to mediate an end to the war during a press conference held during President Emmanuel Macron’s visit to the White House.

According to a recent investigation, the Russian Wagner organisation of mercenaries publish dozens of movies on TikTok that celebrate violence. According to a US-based organisation called NewsGuard, the films have received over a billion views. According to Tiktok, any content that violates its policies will be dealt with.

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