Over 109,600 Russian soldiers who were identified in Ukraine by media examinations

Russian Independent Media Outlet Mediazona in cooperation with the BBC The Russian service has confirmed the identity of 109,625 Russian military personnel in Ukraine.

The most recent report of the publications covers the period from February 24, 2022 to May 23, 2025. Since it was last updated at the beginning of May, at least 2,009 Russian soldiers were confirmed.

The journalists find that the actual figures are probably significantly higher, since their verified information from public sources such as death ads, places of relatives, commemorative trees of tree plants, regional media reports, statements, of local authorities, come.

The outlet published the full list of the identified victims for the first time in February and initiated its full invasion in Ukraine for three years since Russia. According to the publication, volunteers enter each data record manually and check manually to prevent double entries in the database.

According to the media, the confirmed number of fatalities now comprises 27,000 volunteers, 17,200 recruiting prisoners and over 12,000 mobilized soldiers. It was also confirmed that over 5,000 civil servants were killed.

The Russian troops have recently put their offensive in Donetsk Oblast intensively and under pressure and increasingly put a relatively large Ukrainian bag under pressure between the last cities in the region. Russia has held the initiative on the battlefield in the Donetsk Oblast since autumn 2023 after the Ukraine failed.