Hacked data shows 400,000 Russians died in Ukraine war

Hacked confidential data from Russia's Rosstat statistics agency indicates approximately 400,000 Russians have died in the war against Ukraine since the 2022 invasion, according to Bloomberg and The Moscow Times. The figure stems from analysis of over 11 million death certificates, with nearly 392,700 deaths explicitly linked to the war between February 24, 2022, and late August 2026. Terms like "military operation," "shelling," or "drones" appeared in the records. Belarusian opposition group Cyber Partisans and Ukrainian hackers Silent Crow obtained the data in a November 1 cyberattack, accessing about 25,000 computers. Rosstat confirms the attack but denies protected information leaked. Silent Crow estimates the toll at 450,000, including civilians, while missing soldiers and 27,000 foreign fighters remain uncounted.