“There was no need for an apology, we explained the context and reasons on social media.

We are achieving common goals with Ukraine, including in matters of investigating the crimes of this aggression and their prosecution, ”RIA Novosti quoted her as saying.

On November 30, the European Commission removed from the written and video statement of the head of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen the data on the number of military and civilian deaths in Ukraine since the start of the special operation.

The statement of the head of the EC said that, according to her, "over 100 thousand Ukrainian soldiers and more than 20 thousand civilians have died" since the beginning of the special operation.