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News Feed Brief summaries of major developments throughout the week (July 5–8, 2022): Seven years in prison for calling it a war, Russia runs low on french fries, and a proposed total ban on ‘gay prop [1]
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Date: 2022-07-05
🪦 Counting the tombstones: Working with volunteers and open-source data, journalists at BBC Russia and Mediazona have confirmed the deaths of more than 4,515 Russian soldiers fighting in Ukraine. According to the BBC, the number of military personnel buried in Russia since the start of the February 2022 is likely twice as high, given regular evidence of “new military funerals that the local authorities do not report.” Journalists found that 17 percent of the dead are officers, while volunteers remain the “fastest growing” casualty category (averaging 30–40 reported deaths per week). Killed soldiers over the age of 45 are not rare.
Russia’s Defense Ministry hasn’t commented for months on the number of its troops killed in Ukraine. In late March, the military acknowledged 1,351 deaths. Ukrainian officials say more than 35,000 Russian combatants have been killed since the start of the February invasion.
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