Russian media count over 350,000 soldiers killed in war in Ukraine

The total number of Russian military personnel killed from the beginning of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine to the end of 2025 stood at 352,000, according to a joint study by two Russian media outlets.

Source: Meduza, a Latvia-based Russian media outlet, and independent Russian media outlet Mediazona

Details: The journalists used lists of identified fatalities compiled by Mediazona together with BBC News Russian, as well as data from Russia's Register of Inheritance Cases.

This figure includes not only those officially recognised as killed – 261,000 people – but also those declared missing in action by court rulings, meaning cases where no body was found – around 90,000.

The journalists stressed that they did not include foreign nationals who fought on the side of the Russian Armed Forces.

Background: According to Ukraine's General Staff, Russian losses as of the end of 2025 stood at over 1.2 million killed and wounded.

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