BBC and Mediazona confirm 238k dead Russian soldiers
It turns out that even when a government completely stops reporting its war dead, local graves and court registries still tell the whole story.
Journalists digging through cemetery photos, public probate files, and social media posts have now personally identified over 238,000 Russian soldiers killed in Ukraine.
The numbers reveal an unmistakable pattern. Volunteers willing to sign contracts for cash make up 37% of all verified deaths, while convict recruits and mobilized men fill out the rest. The geographic spread is even wilder: remote, poorer regions suffer per capita casualty rates nearly 30 times higher than Moscow or St. Petersburg. Meanwhile, official regional death reports in Russia conveniently ceased altogether earlier this year.
The imperial playbook remains completely unchanged after centuries of practice.
Source: BBC
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