BBC investigation: More than 78,000 Russian soldiers killed in Ukraine war

Since the start of the Russian invasion, 78,329 Russian servicemen have been killed in Ukraine, according to research by the BBC’s Russian Service in collaboration with investigative journalism website Mediazona and a group of volunteers. The names of the Russians have been identified based on the data obtained by the journalists of these media from open sources. Calculations show that the rates of increase in the number of confirmed dead are the highest recorded during the entire war. The September, October and November numbers are one and a half times the 2023 numbers, while the 2022 numbers are more than double. In September, investigative journalists confirmed an average of 140 Russian military deaths per day. In October these indicators reached 152 confirmed deaths per twenty-four hours. The greatest losses are recorded among the volunteers, that is, among those who signed contracts after the start of the full-scale invasion. The average age of the dead is […]
Source: News Beast

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