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Hacked Rosstat figures point to nearly 400,000 Russian deaths in Ukraine war

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Ukraine war: 400,000 Russian deaths, the toll Vladimir Putin tried to hide
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Belarusian and Ukrainian hackers reportedly infiltrated the computers of Rosstat, Russia's official statistics agency. The figures they uncovered, published by Bloomberg, are based on death certificates linked to the 'special military operation', the official Russian term for the war in Ukraine. Le Monde reports that the tally, nearly 400,000 Russian deaths, is a toll Vladimir Putin has tried to hide, and that it underreports the true scale of Russian losses.

This continues an earlier story: Hacked Rosstat data suggests 393,000 to 450,000 Russians killed in Ukraine war, hacker groups say

Later: Hackers release records they claim are Russian statistics agency data on Ukraine war deaths

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    Le Monde reports that Belarusian and Ukrainian hackers infiltrated Rosstat's computers and that the figures they uncovered, published by Bloomberg, are based on death certificates linked to the 'special military operation' and point to nearly 400,000 Russian deaths, a toll that underreports the true scale of Russian losses.

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