120 deaths per day – this is the average loss of the Russian army over the past six months.
The total number of military personnel killed in the war with Ukraineby the end of 2023 - 75 thousand, and over the two years of war - presumably 83 thousand. These figures are cited by Meduza and Mediazona in a new Research.
🔹The loss count is based on data from the Registry of Inheritance Cases, Rosstat statistics, and the list of names of deceased military personnel.
🔹Although the front line had effectively ground to a halt in 2023, the rate of casualties not only hadn't slowed, but had actually increased significantly. In 2022, approximately 24 people died; in 2023, nearly 50.
🔹During the battle for Bahmuth According to media reports, up to two thousand people died per week in January-March 2023, mostly former prisoners. The offensive on Avdeevka.
🔷The estimated number of wounded is 130 thousand.
The Russian authorities have not officially announced the number of dead and injured.
Regional journalists also keep their own counts based on open data. In particular, according to the People of Baikal project, almost 2300 inhabitants Buryatia и Irkutsk regionAt least 1600 children lost their fathers. 3450 died. counted "Caucasian Knot" in the southern regions, most of all in Dagestan.