Ukraine has been at war for two and a half years According to official government data, about 3,000 people are killed every day in southern Siberia. This is especially well illustrated by the changing cemetery for fallen soldiers near Irkutsk, which has more than doubled in the last nine months.
Because of mass incarceration in penal colonies in Siberia, that would change. In early 2023, the Wagner Group selected a cemetery near Irkutsk and buried the fallen there. Especially since many of them started coming after the attack on Bagmuth.
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As the Wagner Group bought a piece of land, graves of mercenaries immediately began to appear in the cemetery next to “Avenue of Heroes”. In this way, from 66 graves, suddenly there were 140, most of which belonged to people who were formerly in the penal colony.
According to the Ludej Baikala website, nine of them have been charged with murder, and three with murder against their own parents. Those buried there include thieves, drug dealers and attempted murderers. The record holder among them is Alexander Provchenko, who spent 21 years in prison.
Of the 74 people buried in the last nine months, Only 12 of them were included in the official battle losses. For the rest, their families may still not know where they died or where they were buried.