BRUSSELS — Nearly 50,000 Russian men have died in the war in Ukraine, according to the first independent statistical analysis of Russia’s war dead.
Two independent Russian media outlets, Mediazona and Meduza, working with a data scientist from Germany’s Tübingen University, used Russian government data to shed light on one of Moscow’s closest-held secrets — the true human cost of its invasion of Ukraine.
Update: Full article in comments seperated also link to meduza in English
I would have thought the number was a multiple of that. Even 50k is a lot of freaking people to die for some bullshit dictator.
Yeah I don’t know if I would trust these numbers. The americans are saying 100.000+ if iirc correctly.
The source of this over at meduza.io made an extremely detailed report on the methodology. It does not count for MIA. Also beware any political statements are to be taken through the lens of propaganda. Any 6 digit figures include injured on both sides.
https://meduza.io/en/feature/2023/07/10/bring-out-your-dead