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More than 400,000 Russians killed fighting in Ukraine war, leaked data suggests

Death records reveal losses since full-scale invasion that are unprecedented in Russia’s modern history Postwar ‘security guarantees’ a key focus in…

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Death records reveal losses since full-scale invasion that are unprecedented in Russia’s modern history Postwar ‘security guarantees’ a key focus in upcoming Abu Dhabi talks, says Rubio More than 400,000 Russians have been killed fighting in Ukraine since Moscow launched its full-scale invasion nearly five years ago, according to data leaked from the state statistics agency, Rosstat.

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Russia · Europe
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The Guardian
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Russians, Ukraine, Postwar, Abu Dhabi
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The information, obtained by the Belarusian opposition-linked hacker group Cyber Partisans and the Ukrainian hacking collective Silent Crow, contains more than 11m death certificates, including details… (The Guardian)

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