>>510546683 (OP)BBC Russian & Mediazona (mid-June 2025 data) Verified 118,139 deaths via open-source records.
Experts suggest official counts likely capture only 45โ65% of actual fatalities, estimating a true range of ~174,000 to 251,000 killed, excluding DPR/LPR forces
UK Ministry of Defence (March 2025):
Total casualties (killed + wounded) hit around 900,000, with 200,000โ250,000 likely killed .
Mediazona/BBC Russia open-source tally (May 2025):
Confirmed identities of 109,625 Russian military personnel killed, likely an underestimate
The Insider / Meduza & Mediazona (Feb. 2025):
Estimation: more than 160,000 soldiers killed since the start of the full-scale invasion