The NGO Cargo 200 reported that they documented the deaths of 1,479 Russian citizens while fighting as part of the rebel forces. Foreign fightersįoreign volunteers have been involved in the conflict, fighting on both sides. Another five or six prisoners released by the separatists decided to stay in rebel-controlled territories. At the end of December 2019, a new prisoner exchange took place, with Ukraine releasing 124 separatist fighters and their supporters, while 76 prisoners, including 12 soldiers, were returned to Ukraine by the rebels. The number of released prisoners was updated to 3,224 in late June 2018, while the number of those still held by the rebels was put at 113. Among those still held by the separatists, 74 were soldiers. This brought the overall number of prisoners released by the rebels to 3,215. Meanwhile, out of those released by the rebels, 32 were soldiers. Out of those that were released by Ukraine, 29 brought to the exchange point refused to go back to separatist-held territory, while 40 who were already previously released did not show up for the exchange. In December 2017, a large prisoner exchange took place where the rebels released 73 out of 176 prisoners they were holding, while Ukraine released 306 out of 380 of their prisoners. At the end of May 2015, the Ukrainian commander of Donetsk airport, Oleg Kuzminykh, who was captured during the battle for the complex, was released. The figure of separatist prisoners was updated to 816, including 287–646 civilians, in December. 1,110 separatist fighters and supporters, including 743 civilians, were reportedly still being held by Ukrainian forces as of late March 2016. Subsequently, Ukraine released another 322 people by late February 2016, while by September, 1,598 security forces members and 1,484 civilians had been released by the rebels.
Īs of mid-March 2015, according to the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), 1,553 separatists had been released from captivity during prisoner exchanges between the two sides. The separatists also reported 433 missing on their side by mid-December 2016, and 321 missing by mid-February 2022. By the end of December 2017, the number of confirmed missing on the Ukrainian side was 402, including 123 soldiers. In all, as of late October, 774 people were missing according to the government, including 271 soldiers. 345 unidentified bodies, of mostly soldiers, were also confirmed to be held at morgues in the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast or buried. At the same time, a report by the United Nations stated 1,331–1,460 people were missing, including at least 378 soldiers and 216 civilians. Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery in Kyiv has been transformed into a war memorial with the photos of thousands of Ukrainian soldiers who were killed during the war in Donbas Missing and capturedĪt the beginning of June 2015, the Donetsk region's prosecutors reported 1,592 civilians had gone missing in government-controlled areas, of which 208 had been located. Subsequently, the military did not publish new figures on their non-combat losses, stating they could be considered a state secret. Īccording to the Armed Forces of Ukraine, 1,175 of the Ukrainian servicemen died due to non-combat causes by 5 March 2021. Eventually, the Ukrainian Defence Ministry stated that the numbers recorded by the National Museum of Military History were the official ones, although still incomplete, with 4,638 deaths (4,500 identified and 138 unidentified) cataloged by 1 December 2021. Several medical officials reported they were overstretched due to the drastic number of casualties. Initially, the known number of Ukrainian military casualties varied widely due to the Ukrainian Army drastically understating its casualties, as reported by medics, activists and soldiers on the ground, as well as at least one lawmaker. The vast majority of the deaths took place in the first year of the war, when major combat took place before the Minsk agreements. This number includes non-combat military deaths, as well as deaths from mines and unexploded ordnance. This includes about 6,500 pro-Russian separatist forces, 4,400 Ukrainian forces, and 3,404 civilians. The overall number of estimated deaths in the war in Donbas, from 6 April 2014 until 31 December 2021, was 14,200–14,400.
A mural of Ukrainian soldiers who died during the war in Donbas in 2014
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