#BBC analyzed the information on losses confirmed by #Russia, according to which only 1,083 Russian servicemen died in Ukraine.
Here are the brief conclusions:
Here are the brief conclusions:
📍 Ten colonels (including one captain of the first rank), 20 lieutenant colonels, 31 majors and 155 junior officers (rank from junior lieutenant to captain) died in the war. This is 20% of all servicemen whose deaths have been confirmed in Russian regions.
📍The high number of officers on the lists of confirmed casualties does not mean that every fifth #Russian killed on the battlefield was an officer. Traditionally, the bodies of fallen commanders in the Russian army try to send home as a priority;
📍 About 15% of all identified dead served in the Airborne Forces. Airborne units took part in operations in the most difficult parts of the front - the storming of #Hostomel, fighting near #Kyiv and clashes in the south of #Ukraine;
📍 The most frequently reported deaths in #Ukraine were in #Dagestan, where 93 servicemen are known to have been buried, and in #Buryatia - 52.
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