[Korrespondent] 63% of missing Russians are young men aged 17–39.
Most of the applications concern those who went missing in 2024 – 29,472 occupiers. Most of the invaders disappeared in the fields and plantings of the Donetsk region – 19,025 occupiers, including in the Pokrovsky (8,597) and Bakhmutsky (5,164) districts.
In 2024, Russian families sent 52,000 requests about missing servicemen of the aggressor country's army to a separate project "I Want to Find" of the Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War. This was reported by the KShPPV on Friday, January 10.
It is noted that the figure does not include the dead and is 2-3 times less than the total number of missing Russians, since not all relatives turn to the Ukrainian project.
In 2024, information was provided about the presence of 1,570 Russian soldiers in Ukrainian captivity, of which 397 were exchanged for Defenders of Ukraine.
The statistics of requests to the project demonstrate the growth of losses of the aggressor army in Ukraine. Most of the requests concern those who went missing in 2024 – 29,472 occupiers. Most of the invaders disappeared in the fields and plantings of the Donetsk region – 19,025 occupiers, including in the Pokrovsky (8,597) and Bakhmut (5,164) districts. Another 3,069 occupiers disappeared on the territory of Russia, mainly in the Kursk region.
The report noted that 63% of missing Russians are young men aged 17–39.
Among the 20 units of the Russian army that top the lists by the number of missing persons, eight are staffed by illegally mobilized troops in ORDLO. The Russian military leadership uses these units as "cannon fodder" and does not take into account the losses of personnel.
"73% of Russians who turned to the project noted that they do not support Russia's invasion of Ukraine. It seems that only after losing their loved ones do Russians begin to realize the real cost of the bloody war unleashed by their country," the Coordination Headquarters added.
Let us recall that in October 2024 it was reported that in the two years since its launch, the state project I Want to Live has received 40,157 requests from Russians, and this number continues to grow.