Russian Armed Forces casualties in Syria

The Russian military intervention in the Syrian Civil War started on 30 September 2015, with 4,000 Russian military personnel being stationed in Syria.[1] The Russian forces also consisted of 25 strategic bombers,[2] 20 tactical bombers,[3] 12 attack bombers,[4] 8 fighter aircraft,[5][6] 16 attack helicopters[7][8] and various other aircraft.

As of 23 February 2019, there have been 116 officially confirmed Russian Armed Forces fatalities in the war.[9] Also, two investigative groups, Fontanka and the Moscow-based Conflict Intelligence Team (CIT), reported a conservative estimate of at least 73–101 private military contractors (PMCs) being killed between October 2015 and mid-December 2017,[10] 40–60 of whom died during the first several months of 2017, according to Fontanka.[11] The founder of CIT stated the PMCs' death toll was at least 100–200,[12] while another CIT blogger said at least 150 were killed and more than 900 were wounded.[13] They belonged to the Russian company "Wagner".[10] One more PMC was killed in late December 2017.[14] In addition, at least 23 fighters have been killed that were possibly regular military, but their status has not been officially confirmed.[15]

On 4 January, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said that 264 Russian servicemen and PMC were killed in Syria during the Civil War.[16]