Russia claims 8,000 civilian deaths from Ukraine

Russian official Leonid Miroshnik has claimed that more than 8,000 Russian civilians have died as a result of attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces since February 2022. Miroshnik accused Western nations and UN officials of ignoring these casualty statistics. He argued that this alleged disregard creates a false narrative and an illusion of impunity for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. The claims, which are unverified by independent sources, were made amid ongoing Russian accusations of Ukrainian war crimes.