US EditionVerified Russian Deaths in Ukraine War Exceed 200K, Independent Tally Shows
The database uses leaked state records and obituaries to verify 200,000 Russian military deaths, showing 68% were from urban areas and revealing the war's widespread impact.
- Earlier this month, BBC Russian and Mediazona updated a running independent tally, confirming more than 200,000 Russian soldiers killed in the four-year war and maintaining public lists at 200.zona.media.
- Facing official secrecy, journalists matched open-source names to leaked certificates from ZAGS, the Russian Civil Registry, using Manticore's illicit data and unit rosters, obituaries, and deserter leaks to verify casualties.
- By refining volunteer geographic data, journalists mapped hometowns of over 180,000 deceased, with 68% from urban areas, death notices in at least 26,600 towns and villages, and high per-capita losses in Tyva.
- Russia's Prosecutor General's Office has criminalized The Moscow Times with an `undesirable` designation, while authorities claim the reporting `discredits the decisions of the Russian leadership`; the journalists of The Moscow Times refuse to be silenced despite prior `foreign agent` labels.
- Because the verification database cuts off in early 2025, the CSIS last month estimated around 325,000 killed through December 2025, with journalists still processing 2025 entries, which may include more than 90,000 deaths.
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Four years, 200,000 confirmed dead, yet major cities remain ‘largely untouched.’ Mediazona and BBC Russian analyze Russia’s military losses on the full-scale invasion anniversary.
The funeral of Vladimir Pozdnyakov, a junior sergeant of the Russian armed forces who was killed in the war against Ukraine. Orzhitsy, Russia, February 18, 2026. Mediazona and BBC News Russian have identified more than 200,000 Russian soldiers killed in Ukraine, the outlets reported on February 24, the fourth anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion. The database of Russian military losses, maintained by journalists and volunteers, now conta…
Verified Russian Deaths in Ukraine War Exceed 200K, Independent Tally Shows
An update to a running independent tally of Russian war deaths has put the number of soldiers killed fighting on the side of Moscow at more than 200,000, a figure that journalists maintaining the list say remains a conservative estimate of the human toll Russia has faced since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine was launched four years ago.
The Kremlin stands firm in its intention to continue the war in Ukraine until it achieves all its objectives, although the casualties - more than 200,000 dead - accumulate and fewer and fewer Russians - 14% - support the military campaign together.
In the four years of the war in Ukraine, at least 200.186 Russian soldiers died, according to the calculations made by the “Russian BBC Service” and “Mediazone” on the basis of public data. The biggest losses were recorded among volunteers – 74...
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