# Leaked records link more than 392,700 Russian deaths to Ukraine war

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/400000-russians-have-been-killed-in-ukraine-with-the-death-rate-accelerating-data-hack-reveals/
- Published: 2026-11-09T12:21:48+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-09T12:33:51+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Mail (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16277947/400-000-Russians-killed-Ukraine-death-rate-accelerating-data-hack-reveals.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
- Topics: Cybersecurity, Europe, Russia-Ukraine War, Technology, World

## Key points

- Leaked records link over 392,700 deaths to the war.
- The total excludes missing soldiers and some foreign recruits.
- Russia’s ethnic republics appear to have suffered disproportionate losses.

## Summary

A data leak from Russia’s statistics agency, Rosstat, indicates that more than 392,700 death certificates linked deaths to the war in Ukraine between February 2022 and late August 2026. If accurate, the figures would make the conflict Russia’s deadliest since the Second World War and suggest its death toll has risen sharply.

The records cite causes including military operations, shelling and drone attacks, and include civilians as well as servicemen. They do not count soldiers missing in action or an estimated 27,000 foreign recruits; more than 14,000 cases involved soldiers who died from non-combat causes, while another 32,000 died from injuries sustained at least a year earlier. The leak’s findings also point to heavier losses in some ethnic republics than in major cities such as Moscow.

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