7 184 – Russian casualties in Ukraine. Mediazona count
The Ministry of Defence of Russia disclosed casualties only twice, on March 2 and March 25, and acknowledged 498 and 1,351 personnel killed, respectively. On September 21, following Putin’s announcement of the “partial mobilisation”, Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu reported that Russian army casualties stood at 5,937. This was an outright lie: our count, based onThe Ministry of Defence of Russia disclosed casualties only twice, on March 2 and March 25, and acknowledged 498 and 1,351 personnel killed, respectively. On September 21, following Putin’s announcement of the “partial mobilis...