Snyder wrote: "President Viktor Yushchenko does his country a grave disservice by claiming ten million deaths, thus exaggerating the number of Ukrainians killed by a factor of three; but it is true that the famine in Ukraine of 1932–1933 was a result of purposeful political decisions, and killed about three million people."
Snyder skrev: "Præsident Viktor Jusjtjenko gør sit land en alvorlig bjørnetjeneste ved at hævde ti millioner dødsfald, således at overdrive antallet af ukrainere dræbt med en faktor tre, men det er rigtigt, at hungersnøden i Ukraine i 1932-1933 dræbte omkring tre millioner mennesker".