Media, 'at least 44,654 Russian soldiers confirmed dead in Ukraine' - Breaking news. Since Russia began the war, over 3,100 officers, including 379 with the rank of lieutenant colonel or higher, have been killed in combat in Ukraine.
Most of the soldiers who died in battle were from Rostov, Sverdlovsk, Bashkiria, Chelyabinsk and the republic of Buryatia. To date, General Oleg Tsokov, deputy commander of the Southern Military District, is the highest-ranking Russian military officer to be killed.