Information will be deleted again
Russian newspaper publishes alleged death toll
03/22/2022, 07:57 am
How many Russian soldiers have actually been killed in Ukraine so far is unknown. There is official talk of 498 deaths so far. A newspaper article could now have given the actual number – but the text is quickly deleted.
The Russian newspaper Komsomolskaya Pravda, which is close to the Kremlin, published high numbers of Russians allegedly killed in Ukraine – and later deleted them again. An online article Sunday, citing the Defense Ministry, said 9,861 Russian soldiers had died since the war began, according to an archived version of the text. That would be significantly more than the 498 dead that Moscow has officially confirmed so far.
A few hours later, however, the corresponding passage from the article in “Komsomolskaya Pravda” had disappeared again. There was no immediate comment from the newspaper.
Other media puzzled over the article on Monday – pointing out that the Defense Ministry’s briefing on Sunday did not contain any information about Russians killed. Wall Street Journal journalist Yaroslav Trofimov wrote on Twitter: “Either (the site) KP.ru was hacked or someone got leaked numbers and published them.”
The actual number of Russian soldiers killed in Ukraine is unknown. According to the Ukrainian account, almost 15,000 Russian soldiers have been killed since the beginning of the war. However, this information is not reliable either.