War in Ukraine: what do we really know about the human toll?

A blunder that raised questions. A video posted on Ursula von der Leyen’s Twitter account on November 30 has cast doubt on the true toll of the war in Ukraine. In question, a speech in which the President of the European Commission evokes “the 20,000 civilians and 100,000 dead soldiers” since the start of the conflict. It has since been removed.