Hackers cite Rosstat data for up to 450,100 war deaths

Hackers Cyber Partisans and Silent Crow say data taken from Russia’s state statistics agency, Rosstat, records hundreds of thousands of deaths linked to Russia’s war in Ukraine. The groups’ estimates range from 393,881 to 450,100 through late August 2026, but the records and totals have not been independently verified in full.

The figures use different definitions. Cyber Partisans counted records that explicitly link a death to military action or its consequences, reporting 393,881 through August 27. Silent Crow reported 450,100 through August 28, adding noncombat deaths among military personnel and some records with no established cause of death. Its broader count also includes people registered in Russia who died in occupied territories or Ukraine.

Both estimates cover deaths entered in Russian civil registries, not wounded or missing people. The figures do not distinguish soldiers from civilians in every category, and delays in registering deaths may leave recent losses out of the records. The groups’ counts are estimates derived from data they say they obtained, not official casualty figures confirmed by Rosstat.

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