In the past week, "Idel.Realii" identified the names of another 373 natives of the Volga region who died in the war in Ukraine. Of these, 111 are from Tatarstan.

      As of the morning of April 27, at least 53,735 people from the regions of the Volga Federal District (plus Astrakhan Oblast) have died.

      From April 20 to 26, "Idel.Realii" identified the names of 373 military personnel from 15 regions of the Volga region who died in the war in Ukraine. Thus, as of the morning of April 27, at least 53,735 people from the regions of the Volga Federal District (plus Astrakhan Oblast) have died. The number of identified names of the deceased over the past week by region:

      Tatarstan — 111 people;

      Bashkortostan — 96 people;

      Saratov Oblast — 39 people;

      Perm Krai — 29 people;

      Kirov Oblast — 28 people;

      Ulyanovsk Oblast — 15 people;

      Udmurtia — 15 people;

      Chuvashia — 11 people;

      Samara Oblast — 8 people;

      Nizhny Novgorod Oblast — 7 people;

      Penza Oblast — 5 people;

      Orenburg — 3 people;

      Mari El — 3 people;

      Mordovia — 2 people;

      Astrakhan Oblast — 1 person.

      Bashkortostan is the leader in the number of identified deceased: the war has claimed the lives of at least 9,641 military personnel from the republic. Next on the list is Tatarstan with 8,543 and Perm Krai with 5,715 names. The lowest losses among the regions of the Volga Federal District to date have been suffered by Mari El and Mordovia — 1,354 and 701, respectively.

      Journalists from "Mediazona" in collaboration with the "Russian Service of the BBC" and a team of volunteers have identified the names of 213,858 Russian servicemen who died in the war against Ukraine as of April 24. 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 losses of the enemy. 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 department Sergey 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 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.

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