Joint investigating by independent Russian media outlet Mediazona and the BBC's Russian service has recently confirmed more than 1,200 newly identified Russian troop deaths in Ukraine, putting the number of Russians killed and identified through open sources so far in the 15-month invasion at 25,218. Russia classifies its casualty figures and punishes many aspects of reporting on the conflict. Some sources suggest the actual number of Russian dead could be around twice the Mediazona/BBC figure. To read the original report by Current Time, click here.
Joint Investigation IDs Over 25,000 Russian Troops Killed In Ukraine
A Ukrainian serviceman buries the remains of what he said was the dead body of a Russian soldier in a village near Kyiv that was reclaimed by Ukraine in March 2022.