In the past week, "Idel.Reality" has identified the names of another 404 natives of the Volga region who died in the war in Ukraine. Of these, 102 are from the Perm Krai.

      As of the morning of May 4, at least 54,138 people from the regions of the Volga Federal District (plus Astrakhan region) have died.

      From April 27 to May 3, "Idel.Realii" identified the names of 404 military personnel from 15 regions of the Volga who died in the war in Ukraine. Thus, as of the morning of May 4, at least 54,138 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: Perm Krai — 102 people; Bashkortostan — 73 people; Tatarstan — 57 people; Saratov region — 52 people; Orenburg region — 27 people; Udmurtia — 27 people; Astrakhan region — 16 people; Nizhny Novgorod region — 15 people; Kirov region — 8 people; Mari El — 7 people; Ulyanovsk region — 5 people; Mordovia — 5 people; Samara region — 5 people; Penza region — 4 people; Chuvashia — 1 person. Bashkortostan is the leader in the number of identified deceased: the war has claimed the lives of at least 9,714 military personnel from the republic. Next on the list is Tatarstan with 8,600 and Perm Krai with 5,817 names. The lowest losses among the regions of the Volga to date have been suffered by Mari El and Mordovia — 1,361 and 706, respectively. Journalists from "Mediazona" in collaboration with the "Russian Service of the BBC" and a team of volunteers have identified the names of 216,205 Russian servicemen who died in the war against Ukraine as of May 1. Bashkortostan remains the leader among all regions of Russia in terms of confirmed losses. The "Russian Service of the BBC" calculated that confirmed losses in Bashkortostan and Tatarstan already exceed all Soviet losses during the 10-year war in Afghanistan by 20% (according to official data, just over 15,000 people died there). 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 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. 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.