Russia’s 400,000 Confirmed Troop Losses – a Detailed Breakdown

Leaked data from Rosstat, Russia’s state statistics agency, reportedly show over 400,000 confirmed war deaths in Ukraine since Moscow’s full-scale invasion started.CyberPartisans, a Belarusian opposition hacker group, and Silent Crow, from Ukraine, claimed to have hacked into Rosstat’s systems and obtained 11 million death certificates, according to a report by The Guardian published Monday.JOIN US ON TELEGRAMFollow our coverage of the war on the @Kyivpost_official.Silent Crow said military deaths in Russia rank fourth among all causes of death documented in the leaked data. The group also uploaded the entire database, searchable by location or record number.CyberPartisans, who also claimed to have wiped out Rosstat’s “entire IT infrastructure,” estimated “a minimum of 393,881 Russian-side deaths in the war with Ukraine” between February 2022 and Aug. 27, 2026. Rosstat denied that its data was leaked. 1/7 Our @ROSSTAT hack revealed Russia's killed in action. A minimum of 393,881 Russian-side deaths in the war with Ukraine. Source: Rosstat leak, 2022–Aug 27 2026. Here's how we did it and what it actually means 🧵 pic.twitter.com/yxbFJV7P4N— Belarusian CyberPartisans (@cpartisans) November 8, 2026 Silent Crow placed the overall war-related Russian deaths at 450,100 based on the officially stated cause of death.356,056 – ICD-10 code Y36 “operations of war”38,229 – by combat wording or code Y89.118,291 – by the “died in military operations” field575 – by the “terrorist act” field13,671 – registered in Russia, died in occupied territory, no cause14,160 – non-combat deaths of service members9,118 – from records without a stated causeThe group added that the number is likely “far higher” since the certificates do not account for those missing or wounded, as well as foreign mercenaries who are not Russian citizens. Other Topics of Interest UN Official: Russian Weapons Are Killing Ukrainian Civilians Faster Than Ever The Kremlin’s top diplomat at the Security Council said Russia always respects international law while Ukraine is lawless and run by Nazis paid for by Europe. The BBC, alongside Russian outlet Mediazona, confirmed 258,980 Russian troop deaths by name as of September, based on publicly available, verifiable sources such as social media posts by relatives, death notices and obituaries, reports in local media and statements from regional authorities.As of Nov. 10, Ukraine estimated that Russia lost over 1.6 million troops, including deaths and wounded, verified via drone and battlefield footage.Kyiv Post cannot independently verify the figures.From where do the troops hail?The leaked data suggests Russia’s ethnic minority republic of Bashkortostan has taken the brunt of the overall death rates at 3.6%, alongside the Rostov and Krasnodar regions at 3.3% and 3.4%, respectively.Reports of high war deaths among natives of Bashkortostan are largely in line with the BBC and Mediazona’s estimations as of February 2026, which identified 7,700 confirmed deaths, of which 55% came from small villages, despite close to two-thirds of Bashkiria’s residents living in citiesThe republic is among the Russian regions that cut war death compensation for the deceased’s families throughout 2026.The Rostov and Krasnodar regions are both located on Russia’s Black Sea coast and are primarily used as a staging ground for the Ukraine invasion.Those from the city of Moscow account for 2% of Russian war deaths, while the surrounding region accounts for 3%.Most died in Ukraine’s Donetsk regionThe leaked data suggest that over half of the known Russian troop deaths have occurred in eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk region – an area that Moscow has vowed to capture but failed to do so in 12 years of fighting.But Silent Crow also noted that one of six records did not list the place of death, which muddles the data.Moscow has demanded that Kyiv withdraw from the Donetsk region as part of peace talks, while President Volodymyr Zelensky in June mocked the Kremlin for shifting the deadline to capture the region 15 times without being able to do so.Donetsk region accounted for 54.9% of the known deaths, followed by 17% of unspecified locations, then 8.3% in eastern Ukraine’s Luhansk region and 7.5% in southern Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia region.Russia’s Kursk region – which saw a months-long Ukrainian incursion starting in August 2024 – accounted for 4.4% of the war deaths, while the Belgorod region bordering Ukraine, which saw isolated incursions alongside frequent Ukrainian attacks, accounted for 1.1% of the known troop deaths.Zelensky on Tuesday reiterated Kyiv’s concerns of a renewed Russian offensive should Kyiv cede the Donetsk region during the ongoing peace talks in Abu Dhabi. Kyiv Post is Ukraine’s first and oldest English news organization, reporting since 1995. Its international reach – 90% of readers are outside of Ukraine – make it truly Ukraine’s global voice.