In the past week, "Idel.Realii" identified the names of another 333 natives of the Volga region who died in the war in Ukraine. Of these, 91 are from the Kirov region.

      As of the morning of March 30, at least 52,333 people from the Volga Federal District (plus Astrakhan region) have died. From March 23 to March 30, "Idel.Realii" identified the names of 333 military personnel from 15 regions of the Volga who died in the war in Ukraine. Thus, as of the morning of March 30, at least 52,333 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 is as follows: Kirov region — 91 people; Perm Krai — 39 people; Tatarstan — 35 people; Bashkortostan — 27 people; Saratov region — 20 people; Orenburg region — 20 people; Astrakhan region — 19 people; Nizhny Novgorod region — 18 people; Samara region — 16 people; Ulyanovsk region — 14 people; Penza region — 14 people; Udmurtia — 9 people; Mordovia — 6 people; Mari El — 4 people; Chuvashia — 1 person. Bashkortostan is the leader in the number of identified deceased: the war has claimed the lives of at least 9,396 military personnel from the republic. Next on the list is Tatarstan with 8,124 and Perm Krai with 5,593 names. The lowest losses among the Volga regions to date have been suffered by Penza region and Mordovia — 1,298 and 689 respectively. Journalists from "Mediazona" together with the "Russian Service of the BBC" and a team of volunteers have identified the names of 204,626 Russians who died in the war as of March 20. Bashkortostan remains the leader among all regions of Russia in terms of confirmed losses. Russia's losses over the 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 enemy 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-head of the agency Sergey Shoigu, the losses amounted to 5,937 people. "Idel.Realii" is conducting its own count of deceased military personnel and volunteers from the Volga regions. This list includes only those whose deaths have been recognized 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.