**Russians Seek Missing Soldiers Through Ukraine’s Project**
More than 50,000 Russians have reached out to Ukraine’s “I Want to Find” project for information about missing soldiers. Bohdan Okhrimenko, head of the Coordination Center Secretariat, said in an interview that these numbers only reflect those who are brave enough to contact them.
**Russia Fails to Recover Missing Soldiers**
Okhrimenko criticized Russia for not doing enough to recover or identify the missing soldiers. He stated that many remain scattered in Ukrainian fields, with their remains carried by stray animals. Russia has shown no interest in identifying them.
**Russian DNA Database Reveals Scale of Troops Missing in Action**
Earlier, Russian Deputy Defense Minister Anna Tsivilyova revealed that her ministry received 48,000 DNA test applications from relatives seeking information about missing soldiers. Relatives’ DNA data had been collected and stored in a database, giving a rare glimpse into the scale of troops missing in action.
**Ukraine Reports High Number of Russian Casualties**
The General Staff of Ukraine’s Armed Forces reported that Russia has lost 793,250 troops since its full-scale invasion on February 24, 2022. This number includes 1,080 casualties over just one day.
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