Over 120,000 Russian soldiers died since start of invasion, media report says | British public broadcaster. British public broadcaster BBC and Russian independent media outlet Mediazona say they have confirmed more than 120,000 deaths among Russian military personnel in the invasion of Ukraine.
The media outlets have been independently tallying the number of deaths of Russian soldiers since February 2022, when Russia’s invasion of Ukraine began, based on open information, including that on social media.
The latest figure was released on Friday.
The report says nearly one-third of the 120,343 deaths were volunteers who signed a contract after the military aggression began.
The report says the average age of those killed is 39, and that by region, the largest number of deaths is logged among people from the central republic of Bashkortostan.
The report notes that the actual death toll could exceed 260,000.
