"Russia Transports Over 2,500 Fallen Soldiers' Bodies Overnight"

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[Asia Economy Reporter Cho Hyun-ui] There are claims that Russia moved over 2,500 bodies of fallen soldiers from Ukraine to Belarus during the night.

On the 18th (local time), The Telegraph reported, citing Radio Free Europe and others, that bodies of Russian soldiers were transported back to Russia via Gomel, a southeastern city in Belarus near Ukraine.

A doctor at a local hospital in Gomel said, "By the 13th, more than 2,500 bodies had been transported to this area and then loaded onto trains and planes to be moved to Russia." According to local residents, medical facilities in the area are overwhelmed with wounded Russian soldiers transported across the border, and the morgues are also full of bodies.

Due to a shortage of hospital beds, some local patients who were hospitalized have even been discharged. A doctor in the nearby city of Mazyr said, "At first, the bodies were loaded onto ambulances or trains bound for Russia," adding, "But after someone posted a video of this scene online, to prevent attention, the bodies began to be loaded at night."

Because medical staff face threats of dismissal if they disclose information related to Russian military casualties, and authorities are tightly controlling information, it is difficult to verify whether a large number of Russian soldiers' bodies were actually transported through Belarus.

Earlier this month, Russia announced that about 500 of its soldiers were killed and 1,597 wounded between the invasion of Ukraine on the 24th of last month and the 2nd of this month, but has not released casualty figures since then.

Meanwhile, on the 19th, the Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs claimed on Twitter that they had killed 14,400 Russian soldiers and destroyed 95 Russian military aircraft, 115 helicopters, and 1,470 armored vehicles.

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