Russia indirectly provides indicative data on soldiers who died in Ukraine during the war that began over 18 months ago. The Russian Labor Ministry has ordered the printing of 230,000 certificates for families of fallen war veterans and 750,000 certificates for war veterans, many more than in the past. This was reported by the Russian media “Vyorstka” on Telegram, which was relaunched by Ukrainska pravda.
The data comes from a notice on the Russian government website ordering 230,000 certificates for “family members of deceased war veterans, participants in the Great Patriotic War and combat veterans,” as well as 757,305 certificates of combat veterans.
These documents serve to certify that a person took part in military combat. According to Wyorstka, this is a significant increase: in May, the Labor Ministry ordered 100,000 certificates for combat veterans and 23,000 for family members of deceased combatants. According to Ukrainian estimates, the Russians have lost 272,940 soldiers since the start of the war.