INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
More than 300 Russian officers have been killed in Ukraine, according to publicly available dataanalyzed by independent news website
Mediazona.The outlet said it had scoured hundreds of official statements, news reports and social media posts on Russian troop deaths since
the invasion of Ukraine began on February 24.They found details on 1,744 Russian soldiers killed in Ukraine, as well as 317 officers
figures, which were released by the Defense Ministry in late March
They confirmed 1,351 dead and 3,825 wounded troops.Analysts attributed the relatively high number of high-ranking soldiers among the
casualties to both their physical presence on the battlefield, and the special care taken to repatriate their bodies and report their deaths
to the public.Russia has also lost at least 500 soldiers from its most combat-ready units, such as the marines and special forces, as well
had been killed in the war so far.Ukraine, which has said it will not publish its own military death toll until after the war, places
Russian troop losses at more than 20,000.
