Ukrainian servicemen make a trench near Bakhmut on February 1, 2023, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Ukrainian servicemen make a trench near Bakhmut on February 1, 2023, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
  • The bodies of Russian soldiers are being left behind in Ukraine as Moscow denies the true death toll.
  • In one case, a soldier had to fight beside a decomposing corpse for weeks before being killed himself.
  • Ukrainian soldiers told The Times they were "genuinely shocked" at how Russia treats their dead.

Since the early days of the war in Ukraine, there have been reports of the bodies of Russian soldiers being left behind as Moscow refuses to acknowledge the true death toll.