Leaked Data Show Russia’s Ukraine War Death Toll Surpassing 400,000

WHO:

Newsweek - Ukraine’s General Staff reported Russian troop losses; Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Forces reported drone-operation losses.

Newsweek - Russian government statistics agency Rosstat was reportedly hacked. Hacker groups Kiberpartizany BY and Silent Crow said they found Russian death records.

Newsweek - BBC News Russian Service and Mediazona maintained a database of identified dead Russian personnel; Meduza and Mediazona published a separate estimate based on inheritance records.

Newsweek - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said at least 55,000 Ukrainian soldiers had been killed in action and that many others were missing.

CNN - Police officers Mykhailo Romanov, Dmytro Besedin, Mykhailo Buzhenko and Mykola Balanda were killed in the strike. Major Vitalii Bevz and military paramedic Oleksandr Zalishchuk were also killed at the site.

CNN - Danielle Bell, head of the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine, condemned the attack. Russia denied targeting civilians generally; its Defence Ministry said it had attacked Ukrainian military units in the area.

WHAT:

NY Post - Leaked records reportedly showed more than 400,000 Russians killed in the Ukraine war; the article said the toll was nine times greater than all Soviet and Russian fatalities in all wars combined since World War II.

Newsweek - Ukraine reported 2,980 Russian personnel killed or wounded in a 24-hour period, surpassing its previous reported one-day record of 2,500. The report said the total included both dead and wounded.

Newsweek - Ukraine reported 801 Russian troops killed or wounded in drone operations: 281 killed and 520 wounded.

Newsweek - Ukraine reported 400,410 Russian casualties so far that year and 1,609,380 killed or wounded since the war began.

Newsweek - Kiberpartizany BY cited at least 393,881 Russian citizens killed; Silent Crow cited 450,100, including combat deaths, non-combat military deaths and deaths marked as terrorist acts.

Newsweek - BBC News Russian Service and Mediazona had identified around 286,000 dead Russian personnel by name; Meduza and Mediazona estimated around 350,000 dead.

Newsweek - CSIS estimated Ukraine had suffered 500,000–600,000 casualties through December 2025, including an estimated 100,000–140,000 killed.

CNN - A Russian strike on an underground shelter in Komyshuvakha killed more than 50 people. CNN’s review characterized it as a “double tap”: a second strike after responders arrived.

CNN - Ukraine’s Defense Intelligence identified the bomb that hit the bunker as a FAB-3000. The bomb weighs more than 6,000 pounds and carries more than 3,000 pounds of explosives.

CNN - The UN mission head said the humanitarian distribution was “well publicized” and said the attack “seems to have violated the most fundamental principles of international humanitarian law.”

CNN - Ukraine’s State Emergency Service said a drone targeted people working at the school and damaged rescue equipment; no one was injured.

CNN - Zelensky said, “It is very telling that all of this is happening on the day of the US congressional elections,” and called for the terror to be noticed and stopped.

WHERE:

CNN - The attack hit an underground school converted into a community center in Komyshuvakha, a village in southern Ukraine about 10 miles from the front line.

Newsweek - Russia-Ukraine peace negotiations were set to take place in Abu Dhabi.

WHEN:

Newsweek - Russia’s full-scale invasion began February 24, 2022; Moscow last updated its official loss figures in September 2022.

CNN - The attack occurred November 2. Two bombs hit the school grounds between 9:45 and 9:50 a.m.; another warning came at 10:32 a.m., and the second blast occurred at 10:35 a.m.

CNN - The school opened in October 2025, replacing one destroyed in an airstrike in July 2023.

CNN - Rescue workers were still searching on November 9 for around 19 people believed trapped beneath the wreckage.

WHY:

CNN - Residents had gathered at the school to receive food and aid; many took shelter there after an earlier strike.

CNN - The converted school served as an aid distribution point, medical and social-services hub, and shelter for remaining villagers.

HOW:

CNN - CNN reconstructed the attack using police bodycam footage, weapon fragments, witness accounts and geolocated videos. Ukraine’s authorities provided timestamped footage.

CNN - Russia had fitted FAB bombs with guidance kits, converting unguided bombs into precision-guided glide bombs. CNN-reviewed fragments included a wing from a Russian UMPK guidance kit.

CNN - Ukraine’s Defense Intelligence said six additional airstrikes hit the site shortly after the bunker collapsed.

(UPDATED November 11, 2026 01:08 UTC)

A Russian strike on an aid shelter in Komyshuvakha killed more than 50 people. The underground school provided food, medical care, and refuge. Leaked records reportedly show over 400,000 Russian war deaths, though estimates vary.