A video has been published from a plane stuffed with zinc coffins with servicemen who died in the war in Ukraine. The entry was posted on the page "New Tuva" in Instagram.
The description says that the video from the plane was filmed by a Tuvan. On the footage, he says in the Tuvan language: “All two-hundredths, a full plane of cargo 200.”
According to the latest statements of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU), Russia has lost 37,300 personnel from the beginning of the war to July 10. During all this time, the Ministry of Defense has only twice reported on the death of Russian military personnel – according to their latest data, 1351 soldiers died. At the same time, on May 30, the BBC Russian Service found out the names of 3,052 soldiers who died in the war. In July, the BBC Russian Service and Mediazona, together with a team of volunteers, reported that the names of 4,515 dead Russian soldiers had already been established.
Before that, the Proekt publication published an investigation in which it established the names of 166 Russian commanders who give orders in the war in Ukraine. The list includes 72 generals and admirals, 69 colonels, 16 lieutenant colonels and 5 active state advisers of the Russian Federation of the 1st class, while every eighth of the officers is connected with Ukraine (has relatives, was born or studied there). At least 20 identified commanders from the list had already died by mid-May, the journalists specified.