They most certainly are - every number published by anyone is unless there are facts and receipts coming with the number - but this is how you get to millions.

We don't know the real numbers, probably never will, but these are likely to be the upper limit as they are the ones that each side uses to make the other look weak when they gaslight their subjects. 

Don't they strike you as propaganda numbers?

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From a month ago: Ukrainians say 800k losses on Russian side: https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/jaw-dropping-loss-human-life-russia-ukrainian-war-214355

From October 2024: "As for Ukrainian troops, the Russian Ministry of Defence estimates that Kyiv has lost almost half a million men, according to a report published last month by the RT news website.": https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/10/16/russia-ukraine-wartime-deaths