In the past week, "Idel.Reality" identified the names of another 454 natives of the Volga region who died in the war in Ukraine. Of these, 77 are from the Saratov region.

      As of the morning of September 15, at least 40,452 people from the Volga Federal District (plus Astrakhan region) have died. From September 8 to 14, "Idel.Realii" identified the names of 454 military personnel from 15 regions of the Volga who died in the war in Ukraine. Thus, as of the morning of September 15, at least 40,452 people from the Volga Federal District (plus Astrakhan region) have died. The number of identified names of the deceased over the past week by region: Saratov region — 77 people; Perm Krai — 72 people; Bashkortostan — 49 people; Orenburg region — 41 people; Tatarstan — 39 people; Kirov region — 32 people; Samara region — 28 people; Udmurtia — 25 people; Ulyanovsk region — 24 people; Nizhny Novgorod region — 19 people; Penza region — 14 people; Chuvashia — 14 people; Mari El — 8 people; Mordovia — 7 people; Astrakhan region — 5 people. Bashkortostan is the leader in the number of deaths: the war has claimed the lives of at least 7,052 military personnel from the republic. Next on the list is Tatarstan with 6,015 and Perm Krai with 4,250 names. The lowest losses among the regions of the Volga so far have been suffered by Penza region and Mordovia — 1,000 and 554 respectively. Journalists from "Mediazona" together with the "Russian Service of BBC" and a team of volunteers as of September 11 identified the names of 130,150 Russians who died in the war. Bashkortostan remains the leader among all regions of Russia in terms of confirmed losses. According to estimates by the "Russian Service of BBC" and "Mediazona", at least 6,490 residents of the republic have already died in the war with Ukraine. The publications "Meduza" and "Mediazona", which studied the registry of inheritance cases, concluded that by August 2025, Russia's losses in the war against Ukraine amounted to about 219,000 killed. Russia's losses over a year of war with Ukraine have exceeded the losses of the USSR and Russia in all wars after World War II combined. Moscow and Kyiv generally do not publicly disclose losses in the war in Ukraine, mainly reporting on the enemy's losses. The parties to military conflicts tend to exaggerate their successes and downplay their failures. Journalistic research is one of the most important independent assessments of the number of dead. The Russian Ministry of Defense last reported on losses on the day mobilization began — September 21, 2022. According to the then head of the department, Sergey Shoigu, the losses amounted to 5,937 people. "Idel.Realii" keeps its own count of deceased military personnel and volunteers from the regions of the Volga. This list includes only those whose deaths have been recognized in one way or another by the Russian side, relatives of the deceased, or educational or other public institutions. The actual figures may be significantly higher. Subscribe to our channel on Telegram.