Calculations by senior journalists from the Russian BBC service and Mediazona, together with a team of volunteers based on open data, show that at least 78,329 Russian military personnel have died at the front since its inception. ‘ full-scale war between Russia and Ukraine.
As the publication states, The current rate of increase in confirmed deaths at the front has peaked during the whole war.
In September, researchers recorded an average of 140 confirmed Russian military deaths per day. In October, these numbers rose even more, to 152 confirmed deaths per day. Such growth rates of loss 1.6 times higher than the 2023 daily averageand the 2022 data is more than double.
The publication notes that the increase in losses could be the result of an active offensive by the Russian Armed Forces in the Donetsk region, as well as confirmation that Russian losses are gradually appearing in the region Kursk.
It should be noted that, according to the BBC, the greatest losses were recorded among volunteers – military personnel who signed a contract with the Russian Ministry of Defense after a full-scale attack to start
Their share of the total death toll reached 23% of the total number of confirmed losses on the Russian side – 16,551 volunteers. In addition, the average age of those killed is 38 years.
However, the publication noted that the actual losses are obviously much higher than can be established through open sources.
“We estimate that our analysis of Russian cemeteries, war memorials and obituaries could cover between 45 and 65% of the actual death toll,” the BBC said.
2024-11-15 18:58:00
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