For examples, which of the following deaths are included? —
Killed in battle
Died later of wounds
Died non-battle related accidents
Died from illnesses
Friendly fire incidents
Missing, presumed dead
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As far as anyone knows, Russian casualties are counted on the battlefield. The other categories are not used.
However, Moscow does or did release casualty figures which roughly correspond(ed) with UKR’s figures. What metrics are used here is unknown to me.
Here are the last figures posted on Telegram:
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GeneralSVR(reserve)
https://t.me/s/generalsvr2
Saturday, March 23, 2024, in the morning report to the Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Nikolai Patrushev, irretrievable military operational losses of personnel of the Russian Armed Forces, 434,233 people. Data as of 6:00 Moscow time today.
Hmmmmmm....
Somewhere I think I saw that number, but it was reported as Russia's claims for the number of Ukrainian battlefield losses!
I thought at the time: it's odd that Russians would claim the same number of Ukrainian losses as Ukrainians say for Russian losses!
I'd assume the word "irretrievable" refers to all deaths, seriously wounded and missing or captured.