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Hacked Records Show 400,000 Russians Killed in War on Ukraine

Headline via Mint · first report 8 Nov, 22:34 IST, latest 9 Nov, 20:28 IST

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What we know

4 independent news organisations have reported this story. The first report we saw came from Euronews at 8 Nov, 22:34 IST; the latest is from The Guardian at 9 Nov, 20:28 IST. Rational Times has not independently confirmed the details: read each report through the links below.

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First report8 Nov, 22:34 IST
Latest report9 Nov, 20:28 IST
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Hacker groups Cyberpartisans BY and Silent Crow say they hacked Rosstat and counted Russian losses since the invasion of Ukraine. Their tally: between 393,000 and 450,000 killed.
Russia has recorded the deaths of about 400,000 of its people fighting in Ukraine since the full-scale invasion almost five years ago, according to confidential data held by the country’s statistics agency, Rosstat.
Hacked death records reveal scale of losses since Moscow launched full-scale invasion nearly five years agoUkraine war briefing: post war ‘security guarantees’ a key focus in upcoming Abu Dhabi talks, says RubioEurope live – latest updatesMore than 400,000…

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