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Since the launch of the project in January 2024, "I Want to Find" has received 217,192 requests to search for missing Russian army servicemen. It is important to note that the real number of missing servicemen in the Russian Armed Forces is significantly higher, since not everyone knows about the project and seeks help.

During the time the "I Want to Find" project has been operating, it has been possible to determine the fate of 4,426 missing Russian servicemen:

❗️ 4,247 people were found alive among prisoners of war;

❗️ of them, 2,753 have already been exchanged and returned to Russia;

❗️ 179 people were found among the bodies and remains of the dead.

Over the month, the number of Russian servicemen in Ukrainian captivity whom relatives located through the "I Want to Find" project increased by 103 people. Overall, in August, hundreds of new Russian Armed Forces servicemen ended up in Ukrainian captivity.

During the August prisoner exchanges, half of the exchanged Russian POWs had been located by their relatives through the "I Want to Find" project. Confirmation from the project allowed thousands of families in Russia to secure POW status for their loved ones and get them included on the lists for this and previous exchanges.

At the same time, thousands more Russian Armed Forces servicemen remain in Ukrainian captivity, whom Russia is in no hurry to bring back home. Among those waiting for Moscow to include them on exchange lists are large numbers of representatives of Russia's Indigenous peoples, residents of the occupied territories of Donetsk and Luhansk regions, as well as citizens of foreign states who fought as part of the Russian army. These categories of POWs are much less likely to end up on the exchange lists compiled by the Kremlin.

❗️ To submit a request to search for a missing serviceman of the Russian army in Ukraine, use the Telegram bot of the "I Want to Find" project