In the past week, "Idel.Realii" identified the names of another 406 natives of the Volga region who died in the war in Ukraine. Of these, 144 are from Tatarstan.

      As of the morning of April 20, at least 53,362 people from the regions of the Volga Federal District (plus Astrakhan region) have died.

      From April 13 to 19, "Idel.Realii" identified the names of 406 military personnel from 15 regions of the Volga who died in the war in Ukraine. Thus, as of the morning of April 20, at least 53,362 people from the regions of the Volga Federal District (plus Astrakhan region) have died. The number of identified names of the deceased over the past week by regions: Tatarstan — 144 people; Penza region — 52 people; Bashkortostan — 40 people; Perm Krai — 40 people; Saratov region — 32 people; Nizhny Novgorod region — 23 people; Samara region — 18 people; Kirov region — 11 people; Ulyanovsk region — 11 people; Orenburg region — 10 people; Udmurtia — 9 people; Mordovia — 7 people; Mari El — 5 people; Chuvashia — 2 people; Astrakhan region — 2 people. Bashkortostan is the leader in the number of identified deceased: the war has claimed the lives of at least 9,543 military personnel from the republic. Next on the list is Tatarstan with 8,432 and Perm Krai with 5,686 names. The lowest losses among the regions of the Volga Federal District to date have been suffered by the Penza region and Mordovia — 1,402 and 699, respectively.

      Journalists from "Mediazona" together with the "Russian Service of the BBC" and a team of volunteers have identified the names of 212,188 Russian servicemen who died in the war against Ukraine as of April 17. 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 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, Sergei Shoigu, the losses amounted to 5,937 people. "Idel.Realii" conducts its own count of deceased military personnel and volunteers from the regions of the Volga Federal District. 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.