Belarusian hackers count at least 393,881 Russian-side deaths in war against Ukraine
Russia's war against Ukraine / zn.ua
The Belarusian group "Cyber Partisans" has calculated that from 2022 through 27 August 2026, at least 393,881 people were killed on Russia's side in the war with Ukraine.
The count was made on the basis of Rosstat's death registration database. The Cyber Partisans counted only those records in which the cause of death explicitly indicated military or combat operations. These are codes Y36 ("Warfare") and Y89.1 ("Sequelae of war operations") under the ICD-10 classification, as well as records with a verbal indication of such a cause without a code.
This figure reflects the minimum number of confirmed deaths on the Russian side only. The Cyber Partisans note that a small percentage of Russian civilians killed as a result of combat operations may have been included in the statistics, as well as those killed in other wars during this period.
Furthermore, due to data entry errors, some of those killed may not have been included in the count. Those who did not appear in the registry, or were entered without a cause of death or with an incorrect cause, were also not counted.
The Cyber Partisans emphasise that the number of those killed must be distinguished from the total number of personnel losses, which includes the killed, wounded, disabled and missing.
According to their data, total losses in military conflicts are generally three to five times higher than the number of deaths. The figure obtained does not conflict with the data on Russian army losses published by Ukrainian authorities.
The Cyber Partisans also stated that, based on data from Belarusian authorities' databases, they can calculate the number of Belarusian citizens who fought on Russia's side and were killed between 2022 and 2024.
