In the past week, "Idel.Realii" identified the names of another 303 natives of the Volga region who died in the war in Ukraine. Of these, 64 are from Tatarstan.

      As of the morning of April 6, at least 52,634 people from the Volga Federal District (plus Astrakhan region) have died. From March 30 to April 5, "Idel.Realii" identified the names of 303 military personnel from 15 regions of the Volga who died in the war in Ukraine. Thus, as of the morning of April 6, at least 52,634 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: Tatarstan — 64 people; Perm Krai — 52 people; Penza region — 51 people; Udmurtia — 33 people; Samara region — 27 people; Saratov region — 19 people; Chuvashia — 13 people; Mari El — 12 people; Bashkortostan — 11 people; Kirov region — 8 people; Nizhny Novgorod region — 4 people; Orenburg region — 3 people; Ulyanovsk region — 3 people; Astrakhan region — 2 people; Mordovia — 1 person. Bashkortostan leads in the number of identified deceased: the war has claimed the lives of at least 9,406 military personnel from the republic. Next on the list is Tatarstan with 8,188 and Perm Krai with 5,645 names. The lowest losses among the regions of the Volga have been suffered by Penza region and Mordovia — 1,349 and 690 respectively. Journalists from "Mediazona" together with the "Russian Service of the BBC" and a team of volunteers have identified the names of 207,552 Russians who died in the war as of April 3. 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 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 deceased. The Russian Ministry of Defense last reported on losses on the day mobilization began — September 21, 2022. According to then-head of the ministry Sergei Shoigu, the losses amounted to 5,937 people. "Idel.Realii" maintains its own count of deceased military personnel and volunteers from the regions of the Volga. This list includes only those whose deaths have been acknowledged 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.