Has Russia suffered a million casualties in the Ukraine war?
Making sense of the numbers around the Russian dead and wounded.
It’s been over three years since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine and the human toll is growing on both sides.
Recently, politicians and journalists have declared a grim milestone, one million Russian casualties.
But is this number accurate?
Tim talks to Seth Jones, from the Center for Strategic and International Studies, and Olga Ivshina, from the BBC Russian service, to investigate this statistic.
If you’ve seen a number in the news you think we should take a look at, email the More or Less team: moreorless@bbc.co.uk
Presenter: Tim Harford
Producer: Nicholas Barrett
Series producer: Tom Colls
Production co-ordinator: Brenda Brown
Sound mix: Gareth Jones
Editor: Richard Vadon
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- Sat 28 Jun 202504:50GMTBBC World Service Online, Americas and the Caribbean & UK DAB/Freeview only
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