25% more than a year ago: the media confirmed the death of more than 50,000 military in Ukraine

According to journalists, during the second year of the war, the number of dead Russians was almost 25% higher than the first. The authors of the calculations rely on open sources and, among other things, track new graves in the cemeteries in the Russian Federation. Since February 2022, more than 50,000 Russian soldiers in Ukraine have already been confirmed. But in fact, the figure of losses of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation can be several times higher.

The data was published in the framework of the joint project of the Russian BBC Russian service and the media. The publication reports that in the second year of the war, when Russia adhered to the so -called meat grinder strategy, the death toll was almost 25% higher than in the first year. During the calculation of Russian military journalists, the Russian military journalists rely on open sources, newspaper publications and social networks.

New graves in cemeteries in the Russian Federation are monitored. Over the second year of combat clashes, more than 27,300 Russian servicemen were killed. The total number of confirmed dead Russians exceeds 50 thousand. In September 2022, Russian representatives called the data seven times smaller. According to the General Staff of Ukraine, about 456,050 people are killed and wounded from the beginning of a full -scale invasion of Russian troops killed and wounded.