Since the start of the war against Ukraine, FSB officers have killed at least 65 people during detentions in Russia and 4 in the occupied part of Zaporizhzhia Oblast; according to the security service itself, one more person blew himself up with his own bomb during a detention near Samara.
This follows from IStories’ calculations based on reports from the FSB, the National Anti-Terrorism Committee (NAK), the Investigative Committee, state news agencies, and media close to law enforcement. This count does not include cases of people killed during detentions by other security agencies or reports of the “elimination” of Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance groups in Russia’s frontline oblasts, as the FSB claims that in all such cases involving sabotage and reconnaissance groups near the border, those killed were Ukrainian military personnel.
At least 44 of those killed during detentions since the start of the war were Russian citizens. Nine people were identified in law enforcement press releases as natives of Central Asian countries, without specifying their citizenship. At least two of those killed were citizens of Kazakhstan, and one each of Ukraine and Belarus.
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