Amid Official Silence, Russian Soldiers’ Families Get Answers From the Enemy

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Relatives of Russian soldier Amir Shaikenov came across a photo of a dead man in Ukraine on social media that caused his family immediate
his relatives and gave them the journalist's contact details
Russian authorities while others are told to do nothing by the military in the absence of any official information, according to
destroyed Russian military vehicle in Ukraine.armyinform.com.ua (CC BY 4.0)Tallies by independent media outlets tracking social media and
body was exhumed by Ukrainian forces last month, The Moscow Times was unable to confirm whether he was alive
a makeshift grave marker reads: "Here the Russian occupant Artysh Namchal Oolovich is buried, 22.07.1998, Republic of Tyva."
apostrophe.uaAttempts to reach out to Russian families, like that of Namchal, by Ukrainian cyber-activists occur in parallel with
Ukrainian-run Telegram channels designed for the families of Russian soldiers, including Cargo 200, which posts pictures of dead soldiers
software, which, according to a recent investigation by The Washington Post, has been employed widely by Ukrainian officials to identify
soldier currently in Ukraine received a call from a Ukrainian woman who found a phone book in a town recently vacated by the Russian