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Spike in Russian deaths in Ukraine reported as confirmed death toll surpasses 74,000 (novayagazeta.eu)
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Working with Russian independent media outlet Mediazona, BBC News Russian said that it had been able to identify the names of 74,014 Russian soldiers who had been killed since the start of the full-scale invasion in February 2022.

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[โ€“] ChippiChappa@ani.social 11 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Russia is really getting concerned with population loss lately. The war must be taking a massive longterm toll .

[โ€“] RedditWanderer@lemmy.world 13 points 4 months ago

I read some where that in a recording about them discussing north korean soldiers, one russian soldier said "there will be millions of them coming to help".

I think it's a key propaganda focus because the losses are starting to show a lot