"In total, based on open sources, the names of more than 9,300 Russian soldiers who died in the war in Ukraine are known. DPR acknowledged the death of 3,846 servicemen... Open sources suggest that the [LPR] death toll could exceed 1,000 people." #Russia bbc.com/russian/featur…
"The war combines elements of interstate war between Russia and Ukraine, a proxy war between the West and Russia, and a civil war in Ukraine. Interstate war and the proxy war are more dominant than a civil war, which continues since 2014." #Ukraine️war researchgate.net/publication/36…
Civil war element of #ukrainewar & large casualties among Donetsk & Luhansk separatist forces in #Ukraine are almost completely ignored, denied or omitted by politicians, media & self-proclaimed experts.
researchgate.net/publication/29…
researchgate.net/publication/29…
Based on their confirmed number plus missing in action & Wagner mercenaries, at least 10,000 #Russian forces members & at least 5,000 separatist forces members were killed. Estimated number of killed #Ukrainian forces based on Ukrainian official reports is now at least 20,000.
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