VP/HR — Attempt to hide the true human losses caused by the conflict in Ukraine
12.2.2015
Question for written answer E-002381-15
to the Commission (Vice-President/High Representative)
Rule 130
Aymeric Chauprade (NI)
Speaking on Saturday 7 February at the 51st Munich Security Conference, the President of Ukraine, Petro Poroshenko, announced that there had been 5 400 civilian deaths and 1 200 deaths among combatants. The UN, meanwhile, has counted some 5 300 dead and 12 000 wounded in the conflict, while German intelligence has estimated the number of victims in eastern Ukraine to be 50 000, i.e. a figure that is ten times higher than reality.
How does the High Representative explain what appears to be an attempt to conceal the true loss of life caused by the Ukrainian conflict?