Cyberattack Exposes 450,000 Russian War Deaths Amid Ukraine Conflict

• •Cyberattack on Rosstat reveals up to 450,000 Russian deaths in Ukraine war.
• •Leaked data includes both combat and non-combat fatalities since February 2022.
• •The authenticity of the leaked records has not been independently verified.

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.