Hackers leak Rosstat data claiming 450k Russian war deaths in Ukraine

Hacktivist groups claim to have breached Rosstat's internal Demography database, leaking death certificate records suggesting up to 450,000 Russian military deaths in Ukraine between Feb 2022 and Aug 2026. The data is unverified and likely incomplete, but if authentic, it would represent a significant escalation in casualty disclosure, challenging official Russian figures. This is a first-of-its-kind leak from a state statistics agency, potentially impacting domestic perceptions and international assessments of the war's toll.

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