# Russian security official puts number of missing Ukrainian soldiers at over 500,000

https://mins.news/en/item/45858

- TASS, 2026-09-04 18:19 UTC
- World
- Original: https://tass.com/politics/2182957

> A Russian security official told TASS that the total number of missing Ukrainian servicemen may have surpassed 500,000. Ukraine’s Interior Ministry counted about 114,000 missing servicemen as of August 2026, while more than 17,000 bodies transferred by Russia remain unidentified, he said.

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