Trump accuses Ukraine of lying about death toll --The former U.S. president has blamed the conflict on the Biden regime and renewed his pledge to bring peace if reelected | 4 Sept 2024 | U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has accused Ukraine of intentionally covering up the true number of deaths in ITS conflict with Russia. In an interview on the Lex Fridman podcast published on Tuesday, Trump claimed "the death numbers are going to be a lot higher than people think" when the time comes to "iron out" the casualties. Information about troop losses has been hard to confirm, with Zelensky claiming earlier this year that it stood at around 31,000, while both Russian and foreign estimates indicate that it could be much higher. "They lie about the numbers," Trump claimed in the podcast.