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How many Russian soldiers have died in the war in Ukraine so far? Putin and Zelensky at odds, new research brings clarity.
It is unclear how high the death toll in the Moscow-Ukraine war is. Kremlin boss Vladimir Putin says Ukraine has lost more soldiers than Russia and talks about a ratio of 1 to 5. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky puts the number of soldiers killed in his own ranks at 31,000, and claims that more than half a million Russian soldiers were killed.
According to the report of the independent Russian media Medusa And Mediazona As of June 28, recently released death data suggest that more than 64,000 Russian men (soldiers and civilians) have been killed in Ukraine so far. This was reported by Ukrainian newspaper Kyiv Independent.
Research provides names of 56,000 Russian soldiers killed in Ukraine
Mediazona Documented with BBC News Russian and, using open source research, the names of Russian soldiers killed in the war in Ukraine. The study has so far provided the names of 56,000 Russian soldiers killed since 2022. In addition, the Russian Federal Statistical Service (Rosestad) data on Russian mortality data for 2023 on June 27, which allows analysis of the excess mortality rate of men.
Medusa He analyzed this data with statistician Dmitry Kopak, who analyzed the difference between the actual death toll among men and the number expected in a hypothetical scenario without war. The female mortality rate in Russia served to provide a yardstick for calculating the number of male deaths, since females were completely absent from confirmed names.
The death rate for Russian men has doubled since the war in Ukraine
Compared to the situation before Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the data show more deaths among young people. The death rate for men in general has almost doubled compared to 2022. The results suggest 24,000 additional male deaths in 2022 and 40,500 additional male deaths in 2023.
Medusa And Mediazona In February 2024, based on estate and genealogical documents, it was estimated that at least 83,000 Russian soldiers had been killed in the entire invasion of Ukraine. Low statistics from the Statistical Service Rosestad Can be loud Kyiv Independent Among other things, this may be due to, Some military deaths are excluded from the data. (LM)
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