Over 11,000 foreign military deaths recorded by Russia in war on Ukraine

Plumes of smoke rise from fires at an oil refinery following what the authorities said was a Ukrainian drone strike, in Moscow on Sept. 20. | REUTERS

Bloomberg

Nov 12, 2026

Russian authorities have registered the deaths of more than 11,000 foreigners from nearly 100 countries in the war against Ukraine, according to confidential data held by the country’s statistics agency, Rosstat.

The information comes from a cache of more than 11 million death certificates, along with accompanying details such as place of birth, citizenship and where people died. 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 and a small group of other outlets.

It was previously reported that the Kremlin has registered about 400,000 war-related deaths since its full-scale invasion of Ukraine almost five years ago.

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