Russian Troops’ Death Toll in Ukraine War Surpasses Soviet-Afghan War, Study Finds

Russian Troops’ Death Toll in Ukraine War Surpasses Soviet-Afghan War, Study Finds
Workers and emergency ministry members remove the debris of a destroyed building where 63 Russian soldiers were killed in a Ukrainian missile strike the previous day, in Makiivka, Ukraine, on Jan. 3, 2023. Alexander Ermochenko/Reuters
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The death toll among Russian soldiers as a result of the ongoing invasion of Ukraine has exceeded that of the Soviet war in Afghanistan, according to a new study.

Roughly 47,000 Russian troops are estimated to have died since Russia launched its “special military operation” in neighboring Ukraine in February 2022, according to the joint study conducted by journalists at the Russian independent news sites Meduza and Mediazona and statistician Dmitry Kobak from the University of Tübingen in Germany.
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