In January 2025, the number of requests to the project "I Want to Find" regarding missing Russian soldiers in the Kursk region, where the Ukrainian Security and Defense Forces continue to destroy and capture Russian soldiers, increased by 29%.
The relevant statistics were published on the website of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine.
Since August 2024, the "I Want to Find" project has received 3,081 requests for missing Russian soldiers in the Kursk region. Of these, 691 were received in January 2025.
Top-10 Russian military units with the highest number of requests for missing soldiers in Kursk:
- 810th Marine Brigade, military unit 13140
- 488th Motorized Rifle Regiment, military unit 12721
- 155th Marine Brigade, military unit 30926
- 30th Motorized Rifle Regiment, military unit 72162
- 51st Parachute Assault Regiment, military unit 33842
- 11th Airborne Assault Brigade, military unit 32364
- 83rd Airborne Assault Brigade, military unit 71289
- 9th Motorized Rifle Regiment, military unit 38838
- 40th Marine Brigade, military unit 10103
- 234th Airborne Assault Regiment, military unit 74268
In 13 months of operation, the "I Want to Find" project has received 60,600 requests for missing Russian soldiers from the aggressor state's army. This number does not include the dead and is two to three times lower than the total number of missing Russians, as not all relatives have submitted search requests yet.
"I Want to Find" is a separate project of the Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War, which began in January 2024 to facilitate the exchange of prisoners of war.
The project provides information about the whereabouts of Russian military personnel in Ukraine as prisoners of war, allowing their relatives to demand from the Russian authorities the granting of prisoner of war status, inclusion in exchange lists, and conducting these exchanges.
