In seven Ukrainian communities, the number of dead Russian soldiers exceeds the number of residents before the war, the analyst Manestas reveals. He matched the Russian army's casualty records to the places of death and compared the toll with 2022 populations. In six more there are 50 to 99 deaths per 100 inhabitants.
The highest toll, he says, is in Pokrovsk parish at 44,912, Okhartin 19,013, Velykonovosilkivka 15,628, Hrodivka 15,434, Bachmut 14,413, Lyman 12,970, Toretsk 12,095 and Krasnorichenske.
The community of Pokrovsk had 81,029 residents before the full-scale invasion, and by his count 44,912 Russian soldiers died there. It is 55 per 100 inhabitants before the war.
Small communities seem bolder. In Malinivka in the Zaporizhia region there are 7,444 dead compared to 3,133 residents, 238 per 100. Zvanivka in the Donetsk region has 193 to 100. Horodivka has 15,434 to 9,336, or 165 to 100. In Krasnorichnaska in the Luhansk region there are 10,980 dead compared to 7,766 inhabitants, 141 per 100. Petropavlovsk in the Kharkiv region has 7,035 compared to 5,106, 138 to 100.
For every 100 inhabitants before the war, Okhtaryn has 90, Velykonovosilkivka 85, Kremina 40, Soledar 40, Lyman 32, Avdiivka 27 and Mariinka 25. Most of them are small towns, villages and farming communities that have seen heavy fighting.