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Hackers Claim Leaked Rosstat Data Shows 450,000 Russian Deaths

Kyivpost •TVP World • November 8, 2026

Hackers who targeted Russia’s state statistics agency claim leaked government records reveal up to 450,000 deaths linked to Moscow’s full-scale war in Ukraine since 2022.

Belarusian Cyberpartisans, an anti-Lukashenko hacker collective , and Silent Crow, a pro-Ukrainian hacker group targeting Russian institutions, said on Saturday that data allegedly stolen from Russia’s State Statistics Service (Rosstat) indicated between 394,000 and 450,000 deaths among people fighting on Russia’s side or otherwise linked to the war from February 2022 to August 2026.

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The Belarusian group identified at least 393,881 deaths explicitly linked to military operations, while Silent Crow put the toll as high as 450,100 by also counting non-combat military deaths and certain cases with unspecified causes of death.

According to Silent Crow, annual deaths surged from around 19,000 in 2022 to over 182,000 in 2025, with most victims aged between 30 and 49.

Six deaths per square kilometer

Based on estimates from Ukrainian mapping project DeepState, Russia has captured roughly 73,000 square kilometers of Ukrainian territory since launching its full-scale invasion.

According to Ukrainian news outlet The Kyiv Independent, comparing Russia’s territorial gains with Silent Crow’s upper estimate amounts to roughly six war-related deaths per square kilometer seized.

The authenticity of the leaked records and the hackers’ casualty estimates has not been independently verified.

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According to the figures published on November 6 by independent Russian outlet Mediazona, which works with BBC Russian and volunteers, 285,881 Russian military personnel have been killed in the war, although the journalists believe that the actual toll is considerably higher.

Russia does not publish comprehensive figures on its military losses in Ukraine.

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Cyberattack Exposes 450,000 Russian War Deaths Amid Ukraine Conflict A cyberattack by Belarusian Cyberpartisans and Silent Crow on Russia's Federal State Statistics Service (Rosstat) has reportedly leaked data indicating that between 394,000 and 450,000 Russians have died in the ongoing war in Ukraine since February 2022. The hackers accessed Rosstat's Demography database, which includes death records up to August 2026. The leaked figures suggest that the war has become Russia's deadliest conflict since World War II, with significant casualties reported in the Donetsk region. The authenticity of the data has not been independently verified, and Rosstat has denied that its databases were compromised. The leaked information includes both combat and non-combat deaths, with estimates varying based on methodology. The total death toll is likely higher, as it does not account for missing soldiers or foreign fighters. This incident highlights the challenges in obtaining accurate casualty figures amid the ongoing conflict. 4 sources 60

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