The result of all the collated figures in all the monthly and annual reports collected by Russia's own proxies is shown in the diagram below,
The 2020 source data is included in an annual report, and here it is. (Opens in new window)
2020 ANNUAL REPORT of the Human Rights Ombudsman in the Donetsk People’s Republic
Pertinent pages are 20-25, so the above link jumps to page 20.
Excerpts from page 21:
Comparative diagram representing death toll, as of 1 December 2020
It is worth noting that the signing of peace agreements helped
to reduce the intensity of hostilities. Thus, the number of deaths
among the residents of the Donetsk People's Republic decreased by
9 times in 2017 compared to 2014, in 2019 – almost by 17 times,
in 2020 – by 50 times...
At the same time, a decrease in casualties among the civilian
population was facilitated by the unlimited truce announced in
Donbass on 21 July 2019.
Since 1 January 2020, as a result of the armed conflict in the
territory of the Donetsk People's Republic, 44 people have been
killed (Diagram 6).
The 2021 data that should've gone into another annual summary PDF was so unfavorable to Russian propaganda that it was left obfuscated inside the monthly reports, never making it into an annual summary.
Example 1: Dec 2021 monthly report | ombudsman-dnr.ru
The overview of the current social and humanitarian situation
in the territory of the Donetsk People`s Republic as a result of
hostilities between 25 and 30 December 2021
Within the period between 1 January and 30 December 2021, in the
territory of the DPR, 129 people sustained injuries ...
97 servicemen of the Republic and 32 civilians.
Within the period between 1 January and 30 December 2021, in the
territory of the DPR, 7 civilians and 70 servicemen of the
Republic died ...
Example 2: Jan 2022 monthly report | ombudsman-dnr.ru
CASES OF INJURIES AND TRAUMAS OF VARYING SEVERITY AS A RESULT OF
ARMED AGGRESSION BY UKRAINE IN THE TERRITORY OF THE DPR FROM
JANUARY 01, 2022 TO JANUARY 28, 2022
CIVILIANS: 0 SERVICEMEN OF THE REPUBLIC: 2
IN TOTAL: 2
DEATH TOLL AS A RESULT OF ARMED AGGRESSION BY UKRAINE IN THE
TERRITORY OF THE DPR FROM JANUARY 01, 2022 TO JANUARY 21, 2022
CIVILIANS: 0 SERVICEMEN: 1
No matter how many times the pro-Putin trolls dredge up this allegation, the FSB's own monitors couldn't substantiate EITHER the allegations of "ongoing genocide" or "imminent genocide". All we've ever seen in support of either claim is a statement without any evidence to back it up. And the evidence that has been collected, including the records of Putin's conversations with Zelenskyy (which are published on the Kremlin website) actually show that Russia's "peacekeeping" argument for military intervention in Ukraine was strongest in 2014-2016, weakened between then and July 2019, and ceased to have any validity after Christmas 2019.