AFNN··Monday, November 9, 2026, 7:15 AM
Hacked Records Put Russian War Deaths at 400,000
Russia has recorded the deaths of about 400,000 of its people fighting in Ukraine since the full-scale invasion almost five years ago, according to confidential data held by the country’s statistics agency, Rosstat. The data was obtained by the Belarusian pro-opposition group Cyber Partisans and the Ukrainian hacker operation Silent Crow. It was subsequently shared with Bloomberg News and a small group of other outlets. Bloomberg's Anthony Halpin reports.
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