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

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. Researchers arrived at that figure using reports on published obituaries, mortality data from the Federal State Statistics Service, and extensive records from the National Probate Registry, according to Meduza....