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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe Kremlin Can't Hide Its Ukraine War Dead: Reports Emerge Of Funerals Across Russia
On a dusty road near Mongolia on Sunday, hundreds of Russians turned out to bury Ilya Buldin.
Photos from the the city of Chita, located along the trans-Siberian railway route, showed a small procession of SUVs and vans, some with the Z symbol of the Russian invasion into Ukraine taped onto their windows.
Russian news articles and social media posts about Buldins funeral describe his death as due to a special operation in Ukraine nothing more, nothing less.
The reports described one funeral of many, as similar stories of families burying their war dead begin to dribble out in Russian-language media across the country.
The details have emerged in spite of the Kremlin crackdown on information about the war and its impact on the Russian military. In some cases, the commemorations of the dead are in service of Kremlin narratives that compare the invasion to Russias experience in World War II.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/the-kremlin-can-t-hide-its-ukraine-war-dead-reports-emerge-of-funerals-across-russia/ar-AAUKcIx?ocid=msedgntp
Vlad the mad sends the children of Russia to be killed in an unjust war and cannot even tell the truth of their dead. Disgusting.
Chainfire
(17,310 posts)Wingus Dingus
(8,049 posts)that is obviously an unsustainable rate of loss. Ukraine's estimate is high, Russia's low (last reported at around 500)--but they will not be able to adequately replace their forces if this keeps going on for weeks.
uponit7771
(90,225 posts)... all.
getagrip_already
(14,255 posts)but wounded may not be a problem since they don't seem to have mash units or fast evac helicopters running. A lot of soldiers are likely dying instead of coming home wounded.
keithbvadu2
(36,371 posts)Earlier articles said Russia was calling them training accidents.
SoonerPride
(12,286 posts)I thought that was the leading cause of death in Russia.
2naSalit
(86,073 posts)They aren't really counting in the war on Ukraine. Everyone is disposable for the emperor.
Jilly_in_VA
(9,854 posts)are not gonna take this very well. They may be the ones who bring Vlad down in the end.
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)The truth will hurt Putin.