Reports describe differing death counts from purported Rosstat leak

Euronews reported on November 8 that two hacker groups had calculated 393,881 and 450,100 deaths from purportedly leaked Rosstat records. It also reported that Meduza and Mediazona had obtained the data and begun checking its authenticity and completeness. The smaller count includes deaths attributed to fighting or its consequences; the larger adds non-combat military deaths and other categories, including some deaths without an established cause. The totals therefore describe different categories, rather than a statistical uncertainty range or interchangeable battlefield-death counts. The Moscow Times reported cross-checking 50 independently documented deaths against the leaked dataset, while acknowledging that it could not verify the complete data. That limited check does not authenticate the entire dataset. The development concerns published analyses of earlier deaths, rather than deaths occurring today. The timestamp records Euronews’s publication. Assessment window: November 8, 2026, 03:10:12.120 UTC–November 9, 2026, 15:10:12.120 UTC.

Reports describe differing death counts from purported Rosstat leak

Different counting rules and incomplete verification limit comparisons