Journalists from Mediazona and Meduza – independent Russian portals and the Russian-language channel of the British BBC television, He was tasked with counting the number of dead soldiers in the Russian army. This concerns the period from February 24, 2022, the beginning of the war in Ukraine, to June 21, 2024.
On this basis, they were able to calculate the exact number, which was 56,585 dead. However, these are just some of the ones that fell. The authors also developed a second method. This is done by counting deaths through a study of the Russian inheritance register.
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To make the data as reliable as possible, the journalists decided to take into account only Russian citizens. The estimates did not include Ukrainian citizens from the Luhansk and Donetsk regions who died during the war and fought on the side of Russia. And foreigners recruited by Moscow to fight in Ukraine. Using this method, they estimated that 75,000 Russian soldiers would die in Ukraine by the end of 2023.
It’s about the youth mortality rate in Russia. It turns out that since 2022, the number of deaths in this age group has doubled. By applying all these methods and comparing them with the data collected, so that no death anywhere is counted twice, They estimate that up to 250 Russian soldiers are being killed daily in the war in Ukraine.
Ultimately, according to estimates, more than 120,000 Russian soldiers died in the war. The authors warn that their calculations may be underestimated. The true death toll may be more than 140,000.
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