Over 3,500 foreign nationals killed fighting for Russia in Ukraine, BBC finds
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Over 3,500 foreign nationals killed fighting for Russia in Ukraine, BBC finds
More than 3,500 foreign nationals fighting on Russia’s side have been killed in the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, BBC journalists found, working alongside the independent Russian news outlet Mediazona to maintain a named list of the dead.
At least 3,589 foreign nationals died while fighting on Russia's side during the full-scale war against Ukraine, as described in a joint study by the Russian service BBC, Mediasons and volunteers, journalists were able to confirm the deaths of 1,285 foreigners from more than 40 countries by name on the basis of open sources – reports from the authorities, the publication of relatives, photographs of graves and military memorials, and the Korean …
At least 233,033 Russian soldiers have died in the war that Moscow unleashed against Ukraine more than four years ago, the BBC's Russian service said today, analyzing publicly available sources with the independent portal Mediazona and identifying the dead. --- Russia reports more...
Such data are contained in a list of dead persons maintained by the Russian BBC in conjunction with Mediasona.
At least 3,589 foreign nationals who served in the Russian army died in the war in Ukraine and were counted by BBC on the basis of a list of dead military personnel, together with Mediazona, and reported 1,285 deaths in open sources. 2,304 deaths from North Korea have been identified by the Korean BBC Service following a study of satellite images and official photographs of the military memorial in Pyongyang. Representatives of all mainlands oth…
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