According to the Newsweek, the Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty news site Sever.Realii spoke to the mother of russian soldier Mikhail Cherkasov. She was told by his comrades that her son had beenkilled near Bakhmut on June 19, after two-and-a-half months in Ukraine.
But russian army is leaving the bodies of soldiers killed in the war in Ukraine on the battlefield to avoid paying compensation to their families.
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As the publication reminds, on January 3, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree promising to pay 5 million rubles ($55,600) to the families of Russian soldiers killed in the war. According to the law of March 2022, servicemen who were injured or traumatized on the battlefield will receive 3 million rubles ($33,300).
At the same time, the publication cites the testimony of the mother of one of the deceased soldiers, who was told by his colleagues that her son was killed near Bakhmut on June 19. However, when she tried to get answers from the local military authorities, it turned out that they had no information about her son. He was not listed as dead or missing.
The occupant's mother noted that, according to her son's colleagues, the Russian Ministry of Defense left his body on the battlefield, as it would be "unprofitable" to return him home. The military also noted that this was not an isolated case and they had seen dozens of abandoned bodies.
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