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Hacked Rosstat data cites about 400,000 Russian deaths in Ukraine war

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Covered by 3 outlets, all left-leaning.

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The Guardian, Bloomberg and The Daily Beast report that hacked data from Russia’s state statistics agency, Rosstat, indicates about 400,000 Russians have been killed fighting in Ukraine since the full-scale invasion nearly five years ago. The Guardian says the records explicitly link 412,576 deaths to the war. The Daily Beast gives a figure of 450,000. Hacker groups Cyber Partisans and Silent Crow obtained the data, which was then shared with media outlets. Rosstat confirmed it had been hacked but denied that sensitive information was obtained, the Guardian reports.

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What happened

Key points

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  1. Hacked data from Russia’s state statistics agency Rosstat indicates about 400,000 Russians have been killed fighting in Ukraine since the full-scale invasion.

    One side only: the leftReported byFar Left1Left2See the outletsHide the outlets
    Far Left
    The Daily Beast
    Left
    The Guardian, Bloomberg

  2. The Guardian reports that the records explicitly link 412,576 deaths to the war.

    One outletThe Guardian· Left

  3. The Daily Beast reports that 450,000 Russians have been killed in the war.

    One outletThe Daily Beast· Far Left

  4. Hacker groups Cyber Partisans and Silent Crow obtained the data, which was then shared with media outlets.

    One side only: the leftReported byLeft2See the outletsHide the outlets
    Left
    The Guardian, Bloomberg

  5. Rosstat confirmed it had been hacked but denied that sensitive information was obtained.

    One outletThe Guardian· Left

What is contested

Where accounts differ

Questions the coverage answers differently, and who says what.

  • Did the hacked records show 450,000 Russian war deaths?

    The Daily Beast reports 450,000 deaths, while the Guardian reports 412,576 death certificates explicitly linked to the war and Bloomberg reports about 400,000.

How each side tells it

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All three outlets report hacked Rosstat data showing about 400,000 or more Russian deaths in Ukraine. The Daily Beast frames the leak as a humiliating Kremlin setback and gives 450,000, while the Guardian and Bloomberg stick to the figures.

  • the left

    3 outlets

    Headlines report the hacked data and roughly 400,000 deaths plainly, while the Daily Beast, the far-left outlet, frames the leak as a humiliating Kremlin embarrassment citing 450,000.

    More than 400,000 Russians killed fighting in Ukraine war, leaked data suggests
    The GuardianLeftAll left-leaning headlines

  • the center

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  • the right

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    No right-leaning outlet that Mantle follows has covered this story yet. That absence is part of the picture.

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    humiliatingDark Truth

  • Center

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In the outlets’ own words

  • Sensational language

    humiliatingMore neutral: leaked

    Calls the leak humiliating for the Kremlin, a judgement the reported facts do not establish.

    The vast number of Russians killed in the war in Ukraine has been revealed in a humiliating Kremlin leak.

    Used byThe Daily Beast (Far Left)

  • Sensational language

    Dark TruthMore neutral: Death toll data

    Presents the figures as a hidden truth Putin tried to conceal, which the reporting does not show.

    Humiliating Leak Exposes Dark Truth Putin Tried to Hide

    Used byThe Daily Beast (Far Left)

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What each side leads with and what it leaves out. Open a side to read its headlines.

From the left

3 outlets

Leads with

  • scale of Russian war deaths
  • hacked state statistics data
  • embarrassment for the Kremlin
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  • The GuardianLeft

    More than 400,000 Russians killed fighting in Ukraine war, leaked data suggests

    Hacked death records reveal scale of losses since Moscow launched full-scale invasion nearly five years ago Ukraine war briefing: post war ‘security guarantees’ a key focus in upcoming Abu Dhabi talks, says Rubio Europe live – latest updates More than 400,000 Russians have been …

    Read at The Guardian (opens in a new tab)
  • The Daily BeastFar Left

    Sensational language“Humiliating”Calls the leak humiliating for the Kremlin, a judgement the reported facts do not establish.More neutral: LeakedDisagree with this highlight? Leak Exposes Sensational language“Dark Truth”Presents the figures as a hidden truth Putin tried to conceal, which the reporting does not show.More neutral: Death toll dataDisagree with this highlight? Putin Tried to Hide

    The vast number of Russians killed in the war in Ukraine has been revealed in a Sensational language“humiliating”Calls the leak humiliating for the Kremlin, a judgement the reported facts do not establish.More neutral: leakedDisagree with this highlight? Kremlin leak. According to documents leaked from a Russian state statistics agency, Rosstat, by hackers from the Silent Crow group, 450,000 Russians have been killed in Vladimir Putin’s …

    Read at The Daily Beast (opens in a new tab)
  • BloombergLeft

    Hacked Records Put Russian War Deaths at 400,000

    Russia has recorded the deaths of about 400,000 of its people fighting in Ukraine since the full-scale invasion almost five years ago, according to confidential data held by the country’s statistics agency, Rosstat. …

    Read at Bloomberg (opens in a new tab)
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Who reported it when

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  • Left

    First to report

    Bloomberg, Nov 8, 11:45 AM EST

  • Center

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  • Right

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  1. BloombergLeftNov 8, 11:45 AM EST
  2. The Daily BeastFar LeftNov 9, 7:57 AM EST
  3. The GuardianLeftNov 9, 9:58 AM EST

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