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Ukraine war: A new way of calculating Russian deaths
How Russian journalists are using probate records to estimate fatalities
Official information on the numbers of dead and injured in the Ukraine war has been in short supply. Little has come from either the Ukrainian or Russian sides, with estimates from western governments and intelligence agencies filling the information void. But some Russian journalists have been documenting war deaths and have come up with a new way of estimating fatalities using probate records. With contributions from David Frenkel, reporter at Mediazona and the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ’s Russian Service correspondent Olga Ivshina.
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