In the past week, "Idel.Realii" identified the names of another 343 natives of the Volga region who died in the war in Ukraine. Of these, 69 are from the Perm Krai.

      As of the morning of March 9, at least 51,220 people have died from the regions of the Volga Federal District (plus Astrakhan region). From March 2 to March 8, "Idel.Realii" identified the names of 343 military personnel from 15 regions of the Volga who died in the war in Ukraine. Thus, as of the morning of March 9, at least 51,220 people have died from the regions of the Volga Federal District (plus Astrakhan region). The number of identified names of the deceased over the past week by region: Perm Krai — 69 people; Bashkortostan — 52 people; Saratov region — 46 people; Tatarstan — 43 people; Kirov region — 30 people; Udmurtia — 29 people; Samara region — 26 people; Nizhny Novgorod region — 19 people; Penza region — 9 people; Ulyanovsk region — 6 people; Astrakhan region — 5 people; Orenburg region — 3 people; Mari El — 2 people; Mordovia — 2 people; Chuvashia — 2 people. Bashkortostan is the leader in the number of identified deceased: the war has claimed the lives of at least 9,220 military personnel from the republic. Next on the list is Tatarstan with 7,954 and Perm Krai with 5,416 names. The lowest losses among the regions of the Volga so far have been suffered by Penza region and Mordovia — 1,279 and 677 respectively. Journalists from "Mediazona" together with the "Russian Service of the BBC" and a team of volunteers have identified the names of 201,051 Russians who died in the war as of March 3. Bashkortostan remains the leader among all regions of Russia in terms of confirmed losses. Earlier, "Idel.Realii" established that in the Volga Federal District and Astrakhan region, every 150th man aged 18 to 66 has died in the war. 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 casualties. The Russian Ministry of Defense last reported on losses on the day mobilization began — September 21, 2022. According to then-head of the agency 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.