Russian Officials Rush to Buy Empty Grave Plots — Investigation

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
reported Monday.The number of burials purchased by local governments far outstrips figures from previous years, according to public
Obyasnit wrote on Telegram
Russian authorities usually only purchase graves for those who have died without relatives, or for people from vulnerable groups whose
discovery comes days after Ukraine and Russiaexchanged the bodies of hundreds of deceased servicemen for the first time since the conflict
began on Feb
24.The Russian government announced in March that 1,351 soldiers had been killed in the invasion of Ukraine, but has not released any
official figures since.Open-source datacollected by independent Russian media meanwhile has verified the deaths of more than 3,000 Russian
Defense Ministry, to more than 30,000 casualties reported by Ukrainian officials.