Zelenskyy did not talk about 100,000 dead Ukrainian soldiers in interview. Figure was voiced by CBS News in voiceover, - Nikiforov (updated)
Ukraine is paying the highest price in the war with Russia. These are our human losses.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy said this in an interview with CBS News, Censor.NET reports.
"There are daily Russian strikes on Ukrainian cities.1,700 attacks on schools, over 600 children dead, 780 medical facilities attacked, 13,000 civilians killed, and as many as 100,000 Ukrainian soldiers dead," the publication said.
"Our people are paying the highest price possible. There is no higher price. We have given all our money – all we have in terms of finances. But most important, we gave [the lives of] our people." he said.
According to the Liga, presidential spokesman Serhii Nikiforov later commented to journalists that CBS's 60 Minutes programme had aired an interview with President Zelenskyy, in which the voiceover referred to the alleged death toll of up to 100,000 Ukrainian military personnel during the full-scale war.
"1,700 attacks on schools, over 600 children killed, 780 attacks on medical facilities, 13,000 civilians killed, and up to 100,000 Ukrainian military killed," the 60 Minutes story quoted the president as saying.
The source of this information is not indicated in the story.
Nikiforov commented to the Ukrainian media that Zelenskyy did not mention such a figure in the interview, as well as some other things that were mentioned in the voiceover.
