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Has Russia suffered a million casualties in the Ukraine war?

Making sense of the numbers around the Russian dead and wounded.

It鈥檚 been over three years since Russia鈥檚 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 麻豆社 Russian service, to investigate this statistic.

If you鈥檝e 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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