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These are confirmed and identified casualties using 3rd party evidence. From the source you linked,
The reality is that we will not know for a long time the true numbers, but this 43k is the absolute minimum number of dead Russian combatants.
While 43 is obviously a lower bound, it gives a rough idea of the overall casualties which aren't going to be an order of magnitude higher.