Overview
- Researchers added 3,226 newly confirmed names in the two weeks to December 12, 2025.
- Identified fatalities include 50,438 volunteers, 27,578 contract soldiers, 19,276 prisoners, 16,164 mobilized troops, 2,834 from private military companies, with 39,078 unclassified.
- Since the invasion began, 6,205 Russian officers have been confirmed killed, including 450 lieutenant colonels, 125 colonels, and 12 generals.
- The journalists estimate total Russian fatalities at 239,000 to 345,260, while Ukraine’s General Staff cites 1,186,480 overall personnel losses.
- The report cites minimal training and shortened treatment for many volunteers as factors in higher losses, and notes higher confirmed counts in Bashkortostan and Tatarstan due to active local documentation.