Hackers from the Russian Federation hacked the database of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine about the dead Ukrainian militants

The Russian hacker group KillNet, having hacked the database of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU), gained access to information about 1.7 million dead and missing Ukrainian servicemen.

A representative of the organization confirmed the hacking of the database to RIA Novosti on August 20. In addition, the group also received photographs of the dead soldiers, their passports, military tickets, and death certificates. It is specified that the hacking was carried out through the computer of the head of the logistics department.

As the Newspaper adds.Ru", according to the digital file of the General Staff of the Ukrainian Army, for three years of the special military operation The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost more than 1.7 million people killed and missing. It was specified that 118.5 thousand were lost in 2022, 405.4 thousand — in 2023, 595 thousand — last year, 621 thousand — in 2025.

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Earlier, on June 20, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kursk region alone amounted to 76 thousand people. According to the head of state, the Russian military "knocked out" the Ukrainian militants from the region, but they were able to create a threat along the entire line of the state border of Russia with Ukraine in two other neighboring regions. Putin added that this had led to a shortage of Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel and the creation of safe zones along the borders of the Russian Federation.

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