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TexasTowelie

(126,484 posts)
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 02:28 AM 15 hrs ago

Russians Finally Sound the Alarm! Mass Graves Appear Across Country at Concerning Speed - The Russian Dude



In this video, we break down a moment that quietly says more about Russia’s war in Ukraine than any Kremlin speech ever could. In Knyaze-Volkonskoye, a small barracks town near Khabarovsk, a newly unveiled military memorial has exposed the true scale of Russian battlefield losses. Rows of names, columns of confirmed dead, and an eternal flame reveal hundreds of fatalities tied to a single unit, officially acknowledged by the Russian state itself. This memorial is not just about remembrance—it is a silent admission of how massive, relentless, and normalized these losses have become.

We explore how this unit, sent into some of the most controversial early operations of the invasion of Ukraine, became both celebrated and erased at the same time. While the Kremlin continues to suppress discussion, reward commanders, and criminalize whistleblowers, the stone walls tell a different story. Russian soldiers killed in Ukraine are being commemorated faster than questions are being answered. Accountability is replaced with symbolism. Investigation is replaced with ceremonies. The result is a system that honors sacrifice while refusing to explain why that sacrifice was necessary—or whether it ever was.

This video connects the dots between Russian war casualties, systemic abuse inside military units, suppressed testimonies, and the broader machinery that turns ordinary people into expendable resources. As more memorials appear across Russia, the Kremlin is unintentionally confirming what it avoids saying out loud: the war’s human cost is enormous, ongoing, and impossible to fully conceal. Russians are starting to sound the alarm, even as official narratives try to keep the discussion locked down.

If you want to understand how the Russian government manages war losses, propaganda, memorialization, and silence—and why these monuments may become the most damning evidence of all—this video breaks it down in full detail. Subscribe for more deep dives into Russia’s war in Ukraine, Kremlin narratives, Russian military losses, mobilization, propaganda, and the realities the state can no longer hide.
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Russians Finally Sound the Alarm! Mass Graves Appear Across Country at Concerning Speed - The Russian Dude (Original Post) TexasTowelie 15 hrs ago OP
I've been reading that Russia's enlistment rate is now lower than its losses rate... Pluvious 4 hrs ago #1

Pluvious

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1. I've been reading that Russia's enlistment rate is now lower than its losses rate...
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 01:18 PM
4 hrs ago

They're having to resort to tricks like this to fill out their ranks of cannon fodder:



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