In the past week, "Idel.Realii" identified the names of another 404 natives of the Volga region who died in the war in Ukraine. Of these, 98 are from Udmurtia.

      As of the morning of March 16, at least 51,621 people have died from the regions of the Volga Federal District (plus Astrakhan Oblast). From March 9 to 15, "Idel.Realii" identified the names of 404 soldiers from 15 regions of the Volga who died in the war in Ukraine. Thus, as of the morning of March 16, at least 51,621 people have died from the regions of the Volga Federal District (plus Astrakhan Oblast). The number of identified deceased by region for the past week is as follows: Udmurtia — 98 people; Bashkortostan — 91 people; Tatarstan — 80 people; Saratov Oblast — 36 people; Ulyanovsk Oblast — 25 people; Perm Krai — 24 people; Kirov Oblast — 11 people; Astrakhan Oblast — 11 people; Chuvashia — 10 people; Samara Oblast — 6 people; Nizhny Novgorod Oblast — 6 people; Penza Oblast — 2 people; Orenburg — 2 people; Mari El — 1 person; Mordovia — 1 person. Bashkortostan leads in the number of identified deceased: the war has claimed the lives of at least 9,310 soldiers from the republic. Next on the list is Tatarstan with 8,033 and Perm Krai with 5,440 names. The lowest losses among the regions of the Volga to date have been suffered by Penza Oblast and Mordovia — 1,281 and 678 respectively. Journalists from "Mediazona" together with the "Russian Service of the BBC" and a team of volunteers have identified the names of 203,306 Russians who died in the war as of March 13. 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 Oblast, 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 investigations are 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 then-Minister Sergey Shoigu, the losses amounted to 5,937 people. "Idel.Realii" maintains its own count of deceased soldiers and volunteers from the regions of the Volga. This list includes only those whose deaths have been acknowledged 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.