Volunteers dying as Russia's war dead tops 70,000

Source: BBC

Volunteers dying as Russia’s war dead tops 70,000

19 September 2024

Olga Ivshina
BBC Russian

More than 70,000 people fighting in Russia’s military have now died in Ukraine, according to data analysed by the BBC.

And for the first time, volunteers - civilians who joined the armed forces after the start of the war - now make up the highest number of people killed on the battlefield since Russia’s full-scale invasion began in 2022.

Every day, the names of those killed in Ukraine, their obituaries and photographs from their funerals are published across Russia in the media and on social networks.

BBC Russian and the independent website Mediazona have collated these names, along with names from other open sources, including official reports.

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Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cjr3255gpjgo

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The article goes on to say that 70,000 are the deaths they can confirm and name. The true count is likely much higher.