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Mediazona confirms identities of over 50,400 Russian soldiers killed in Ukraine (kyivindependent.com)

submitted 6 months ago by lusterko@kbin.social to c/Ukraine_UA@kbin.social

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Through open-source research, Mediazona, a Russian independent media outlet, together with BBC Russia, confirmed the names of 50,471 Russian soldiers who had been killed since the beginning of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.

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[–] alcoholicorn@lemmy.ml 0 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

All the graphics I've been seeing say it's like half a million, and increasing by 1-2K/week.

Is this wrong or are the weekly infographics and summery videos wildly inflating the numbers?

[–] lusterko@kbin.social 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

These are confirmed deaths(with body + passport + certificate + grave, etc.). 450k+ includes casualties (KIA, WIA, MIA)

[–] alcoholicorn@lemmy.ml 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

9 WIA/MIA due to Ukraine killing them for every KIA seems unlikely.

[–] lusterko@kbin.social 1 points 6 months ago

Again, 50k confirmed with all the documents. They might be dead, but there's no body, or the body can't be recognized, etc. Also I'm sure Mediazona doesn't have all the names, and their status.
Basically it's a process that takes time. If the war suddenly stopped today, I'm sure they would be finding and confirming more deaths for months if not years.