Over 15,000 Russian soldiers have actually been confirmed killed in Ukraine since the start of the Kremlins invasion, according to an independent tally published on the wars 1 year anniversary Friday.The independent Mediazona news site and the BBC Russian service have actually been confirming the variety of Russian troops eliminated in Ukraine using openly readily available info from media reports, socials media and main statements.Among the 15,136 dead servicemen identified by the examination are more than 1,800 officers of the Russian Armed Forces, 199 of whom were in the rank of lieutenant colonel or above.

They also included 1,214 reservists drafted during the autumn mobilization campaign to boost troop numbers in Ukraine.

A minimum of 1,310 Russian fighters killed in Ukraine had actually been detainees recruited by the Wagner mercenary group, Mediazona said.More than 1,000 deaths have been confirmed over the past two weeks alone, Mediazona said, including that the real death toll in the conflict is believed to be far greater than that established in the research.The Moscow Times reported this month that there has actually likely been a sharp uptick in the number of Russian soldiers passing away in Ukraine in current weeks amid Russias assault on eastern Ukraines Bakhmut, which has actually been the center of defending months.The individually verified death toll has currently exceeded the losses sustained by the Soviet armed force in its war in Afghanistan, which lasted nearly a decade.Kyiv declared Friday that nearly 146,000 Russian soldiers had been killed in the war.

Russia has not upgraded its main death toll considering that September 2022, when Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said 5,937 soldiers were eliminated in Ukraine.