Ukrainian MP Reveals Big Cover-Up By Zelensky Amid Russian Blitz; 'Bodies Of Soldiers...'
Ukrainian MP Artem Dmytruk has accused President Volodymyr Zelensky of orchestrating a cover-up of the true scale of Ukraine's war losses. In a bombshell revelation, Dmytruk claimed that Zelensky personally ordered officials to reject Russia's offer to return over 6,000 bodies of fallen Ukrainian soldiers. The lawmaker alleges that Kyiv is deliberately hiding casualty figures from the public and blocking proper burials, fuelling accusations of mass deception and betrayal of grieving families.
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