Russian statistical services have been hacked, bringing the death toll in the war to 400,000
54.9% of those killed have died in the Ukrainian region of Donetsk, the scene of the cruellest fighting, and the Russians killed by the end of 2026 would exceed half a million if the current monthly average of 18,280 is maintained.
Hackers have estimated the death of nearly 400,000 Russian soldiers in Ukraine following the hacking of Russian national statistics service systems Rosstat.
According to the Kiberpartizani BY group,393,881 military personnel have died since February 2022, which Rosstate considers to be dead in military action or its consequences.
Another group, the Silent Crow, has claimed that the death toll is already 450,100, as it also includesvictims of terrorist attacks , deaths of soldiers killed for reasons other than fighting, and deaths of Russians killed in Ukraine and the occupied territories.
In addition, it has detailed that 54.9% of those killed have died in the Ukrainian region of Donetsk - the scene of the cruellest fighting - and has predicted that Russian deaths will exceed half a million by the end of 2026 if the current monthly average of 18,280 is maintained.
Correct estimates
Rosstat has been trying to complicate the work ofthe media since the beginning of the war by hiding most of the country's mortality statistics, and the Russian Ministry of Defence only admitted 5,937 soldiers killed in Ukraine in September 2022.
Meanwhile, the list drawn up by the BBC and the Mediazona portal since the start of the war indicates that almost 286,000 soldiers have died today, with names and surnames (35% of whom were volunteers), but have not yet accounted for the deaths in recent months, so the media believe that hacker estimates could be correct.
According to the British Ministry of Defence, casualties in Russia are already 1.5 million, of which half a million would be dead, while Ukrainians speak of more than 1.6 million.
Meanwhile, the Ukrainians, who have a clear lack of men on the front lines, always avoid frontal hostilities and resort to surprise raids or drone attacks to minimize injuries and/or deaths.
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