Over 30,000 Russian servicemen killed in Ukraine war, independent journalists confirm
At least 30,003 Russian servicemen have been killed since the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022, journalists from the BBC Russian Service and independent Russian media outlet Mediazona have concluded after using open source data to make their calculations. Around 1,300 new names, including four officers, were added to the confirmed deaths tally by the journalists in the last two weeks .