Russian demographers calculated the number of dead invaders

At least 45,000 Russian military personnel are likely to have died by 2023. Russian demographers came to this conclusion based on Rosstat data. The Russian publication Important Stories reported this on Thursday, June 27.

In total, in the first two years of Russia’s massive invasion of Ukraine, according to Russian demographers, more than 71 thousand Russians died.

The publication states that losses are estimated based on excess mortality. Journalists say that in 2023, according to this method, the excess mortality of men (20-49 years old) will reach 42 thousand people.

“If we add to the 42 thousand deaths between 20 and 49 years old, calculated on the basis of excess mortality, another 6% of deaths in other age groups, the total estimate of losses in 2023 will be 45 thousand,” said the material. .

The demographers, who spoke on condition of anonymity, suggested that these estimates were the lowest possible number of war dead.

The death of a soldier can be recorded both in the region of residence of the person and in the place where he died, for example, in the occupied territories of Ukraine, and Rosstat does not publish data on the mortality rate in the occupied that region of Ukraine. Missing people are also not included in official statistics, the publication said.

Let’s recall that according to the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, the total battle losses of the enemy during the entire period of the mass invasion amounted to 539,320 people.

Let’s remember that artificial intelligence predicts that Russia will soon run out of tanks, because the country is losing more equipment than it can replace.