The Russian army will lose 650 thousand dead by the end of the year - FT.
An analysis of Rosstat data leaked by the Financial Times showed that by August the number of Russians killed in the war in Ukraine was about 550,000, and by the end of the year it could reach 650,000 if the death rate in January continues. This estimate includes 410,000 registered military casualties, 12,000 deaths identified by journalists based on indirect evidence and 42,000 declared dead through the courts in the absence of a body. Due to delays in the registration of documents, the actual losses may be higher, with the greatest losses recorded in the Abdiyevka and Pokrovsk regions (about 120 thousand) and in the region of Qamt (48 thousand), which individually exceed the losses of the Soviet Union in Afghanistan.
The statistics also reflect the aging of the Russian army: the average age of the deceased increased from 34 to 40 years, and the most vulnerable group became men aged 35-44 (158 thousand deaths), while the share of youth aged 18-24 dropped to 10%. In addition, the databases include 4,141 foreigners killed in the Russian armed forces - mainly citizens of Uzbekistan (807) and Tajikistan (598), as well as immigrants from Latin America, Africa and South Asia.
In addition to the military losses, the hack revealed data on the high death rate from disease in Russia compared to Western countries. In 2021, about 457 thousand people died from COVID-19 in the country, which is 2.5-3 times higher than the figures for the UK and the EU. Since 2021, about 85 thousand Russians have died from HIV-related diseases, including 14 thousand in 2025 - more than in North America and Western and Central Europe combined (less than 10 thousand).