Russia’s military death toll in Ukraine has now passed the 50,000 mark - the BBC can confirm.
In the second 12 months on the front line - as Moscow pushed its so-called meat grinder strategy - we found the body count was nearly 25% higher than in the first year.
BBC Russian, independent media group Mediazona and volunteers have been counting deaths since February 2022.
New graves in cemeteries helped provide the names of many soldiers.
Our teams also combed through open-source information from official reports, newspapers and social media.
More than 27,300 Russian soldiers died in the second year of combat - according to our findings - a reflection of how territorial gains have come at a huge human cost.
Russia has declined to comment.
Ukraine estimates more like 450,000 dead. Based on the footage and stories, I’m inclined to believe that over 50k. Ridiculously low for the meat grinder that is the front lines for years.
Casualties are the estimates over 300k, not dead.
That 450 000 counter is for dead + wounded, according to the explanation they gave some time ago.
Yeah… sure…
Have you ever considered that people pretty much only share/upvote footage of Ukrainians getting kills on /r/combatfootage?