Andrew Perpetua reported on X at 1:46 PM UTC on March 1, 2026, that his group counted 5,406 Russian soldiers killed in action during February 2026, averaging 193.07 deaths per day over 28 days, surpassing January 2026's daily average of 192.94, based on video evidence from approximately 7,500 videos sourced from around 2,000 contributors. Perpetua specified that the count includes only visible bodies of dead Russians from videos, excluding those inside vehicles without visible bodies, wounded individuals, or statistical extrapolations, and noted February 2026 as the third highest monthly total after January 2026 and December 2025, with 41% more deaths than February 2025's 3,822. He stated the group processes close to 300 videos per day in its workflow. Perpetua emphasized that the group does not count Ukrainian losses and directed inquiries away from such requests. This report emerged in the 30-minute window from 1:16 PM to 1:46 PM UTC on March 1, 2026, amid ongoing Ukrainian military strikes on Russian targets in Donetsk and Zaporizhzhia regions reported earlier that day by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
