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Russian Watchdog Silences Database Exposing Mounting Military Losses in Ukraine
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Russia’s communications watchdog, Roskomnadzor, has restricted access inside the country to the website of the Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War project “I Want to Return”.
According to the headquarters on February 13, the online platform publishes details about wounded and killed Russian servicemen, including their names and surnames, dog tag numbers and military units, medical diagnoses, and the dates of injury or death.
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The Coordination Headquarters stated that the move represents another effort by the Kremlin to shield Russian society from the actual scale of the army’s losses in Ukraine.
According to the headquarters, the “I Want to Return” database already contains information on more than 156,000 killed and 96,000 wounded Russian military personnel. The records are regularly updated, with new verified entries added each week.
The initiative was launched in January 2026, and within a month Russian authorities began blocking access to it domestically. As a result, relatives seeking information about the fate of Russian soldiers and officers must now rely on VPN services to view the site.
The Coordination Headquarters also noted that website analytics indicate that, despite the restrictions, hundreds of users from Russia continue to access the loss database daily in an attempt to learn the real fate of Russian servicemen.
“Russian authorities are afraid to show their own society the real consequences of the war against Ukraine. But everyone who visits the ‘Khochu Vernut’ website realizes the true cost of the full-scale invasion launched by Putin,” the Coordination Headquarters emphasized.
A senior NATO official said on February 11 that Russia has sustained an estimated 1.3 million troops killed or wounded since the start of its full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
The official noted that roughly 400,000 Russian service members were killed or injured in 2025 alone.
“We are surprised by the proportion of fatalities in Russian losses. The Russians are suffering disproportionately high losses, they are sustaining extremely heavy losses,” he said.
He further stated that the elevated share of irrecoverable casualties is largely linked to insufficient battlefield medical support within Russia’s armed forces.
Earlier, it was reported that Russia endured severe battlefield casualties in December 2025, losing up to 1,000 troops per day, according to internal alliance figures referenced.
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