Hackers Belarusian Cyberpartisans and Silent Crow say leaked Rosstat records show up to 450,000 deaths among people fighting for Russia or linked to the war from February 2022 to August 2026, a figure the Kyiv Post notes is unverified, while Mediazona separately counts 285,881 Russian military deaths. A drone strike has also damaged a key bridge in Russia's Rostov region.