Russia’s military death toll in Ukraine has now passed the 50,000 mark - the BBC can confirm.
In the second 12 months on the front line - as Moscow pushed its so-called meat grinder strategy - we found the body count was nearly 25% higher than in the first year.
BBC Russian, independent media group Mediazona and volunteers have been counting deaths since February 2022.
New graves in cemeteries helped provide the names of many soldiers.
Our teams also combed through open-source information from official reports, newspapers and social media.
More than 27,300 Russian soldiers died in the second year of combat - according to our findings - a reflection of how territorial gains have come at a huge human cost.
Russia has declined to comment.
Not dead, also wounded beyond combat effectiveness.
500,000+ just dead not counting wounded, with wounded this will be closer to 1,000,000 I think the number of dead and injured on Russian side will be much higher compared to Ukraine once all this done. War should end sometime in 2025 with Ukraine victory and Russia loosing. /prediction