Talk:Russian Armed Forces casualties in Syria

This a list of made-up names. Seriously, a picture and a VK post. So easy to falsify. What a joke. The west is furious that Russia is carrying out an extremely successful campaign in Syria, unlike NATO's involvement in Afghanistan. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 206.47.223.151 (talk) 18:36, 2 November 2017 (UTC)

February 9th Attach by The US Military
- Someone please assess the validity of the recently emerging information about over 200 casualties caused by a heavy attack the South-West of Syria HERE IS THE LINK — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.209.35.175 (talk) 01:49, 13 February 2018 (UTC)


 * Unverifiable source. Even the US made claims of 100 dead out of 500 attackers in the air-strikes, not 200-600 killed (which could not have been covered up). Also, AFP, a reliable/verifiable source, has reported only five Russian deaths, which is realistic. EkoGraf (talk) 02:47, 13 February 2018 (UTC)

February 9th
http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/american-fury-the-truth-about-the-russian-deaths-in-syria-a-1196074.html

here is what most likely happened! --2A02:AB04:1B1:FA00:E13D:99EA:3C5F:C483 (talk) 14:23, 5 March 2018 (UTC)

Total dead. Official or not?
Ok today, I have just checked that the total number of Killed Russian soldiers in both tables number 85 and 23 respectively. Also changed the part that claimed "Russian officially admited" 116 were reported killed in late 2019. EAworld view is a US site with some Democrac leaning views. Not a primary source of Russia stating that number. Today a Russian Duma official told in Interfax that 112 were killed in the intervention. Doing a simple math that number come close to that 85+23 from both tables. For the Record we should be more cautious with info coming out from EAworldview, seems they don't took that number from a primary source. Maybe they made their own research and published it like a official one. Have not find any other Russian official statement of 116 killed by 2019 in Google.Mr.User200 (talk) 12:51, 15 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Despite its anti-Russian bias, taking into account previous reporting on Russian casualties (including by official Russian sources) it would seem they are correct in this instance. In September 2018, a senior Russian lawmaker stated that the official number of Russian fatalities in the war was 112 (same number as in 2021). This would mean that not one Russian soldier died in the last 30 months in Syria, despite there being official acknowledgments during that time of new fatalities. After the previous report of 112 dead (in September 2018), the deaths of another four Russian soldiers were acknowledged in January and February 2019, making a total of 116 confirmed killed by the time of (and as per) the EAWorldview report, making it correct. In addition, up to a dozen other soldiers were subsequently reported killed, officially or unofficialy, further casting doubt on the validity of this newest report of 112. Also, please note, the first table has 85 rows, but actually lists 136 deaths (one row lists "38 other deaths" in regards to a plane crash, and a second row lists "15 servicemen" in regards to a plane shootdown). So with the 23 "status unclear" deaths, it would make for a total of 159 servicemen killed. EkoGraf (talk) 00:40, 16 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Nope I still don't buy it. Do you have a source of those 116 Russian soldiers killed from that date. Specially a Primary, Russian one. We can't use in Wikipedia voice that Russia said something officially when there is no primary source available.Mr.User200 (talk) 02:20, 16 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Ok never mind. Found another,(source) more Reliable and neutral BTW. Moscow times is enough for me.Mr.User200 (talk) 02:34, 16 March 2021 (UTC)