Hacktivists claim Rosstat leak reveals over 400,000 Russian war deaths
Hacktivist groups claim leaked Rosstat demographic data shows Russian war fatalities since 2022 total between 393,000 and 450,000, despite official denials from Moscow.
Hacktivist groups Silent Crow and the Belarusian Cyber Partisans claim to have obtained internal demographic records from Russia's Federal State Statistics Service, Rosstat. According to the groups, death certificates registered between February 2022 and August 2026 indicate that Russian military fatalities range between 393,881 and 450,100.
The range reflects different analytical criteria, with lower figures counting strictly direct combat deaths and higher estimates including secondary fatalities related to the conflict. The published figures broadly align with recent casualty assessments from British defence intelligence.
Rosstat confirmed experiencing a cyberattack between 29 October and 1 November, but officially denied that any data was compromised or exfiltrated during the breach.
Sources: NEXTA, Українська правда