How this is counted. One figure: the total dead in Putin's war on Ukraine, both sides, military and civilian. It is anchored to Le Monde's estimate of 500,000 dead (February 27, 2026, reporting the conflict as Europe's deadliest war since 1945), then accrued forward at a conservative ~250/day, the sourced Russian military death rate alone (Ukraine General Staff casualty reporting times the CSIS killed-share). The true combined toll grows faster, so this figure is a deliberate undercount. Projected figures are labeled and rounded.