Dead Russian Soldiers from Ukrainian Battles Russia's not Involved in? How Can This Be ...VLAD?

A number of Russian soldiers are being killed or going missing, human rights activists say, amid growing evidence suggesting the casualties are the result of Russian military involvement in neighboring Ukraine.

Sergei Krivenko, of Russia's Presidential Human Rights Council, said a woman reported her son's body was brought to her home last week, with documents saying he died of his wounds, but not where he had died.

"She called other soldiers who served with her son," he said. "They told her he was killed among 100 others" in a rocket attack in Ukraine's Donetsk region, where much of the fighting between pro-Russian separatists and the Ukrainian military has been focused.

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Earlier this week, the council filed a report with the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation over the deaths of nine contract soldiers of a mechanized infantry division in a training area in the Rostov region, which borders Ukraine.

"These aren't just civilians, but people who are following (military) orders," Krivenko said. "That is why we asked that these deaths be investigated."

Sending soldiers to areas of military confrontation and not officially reporting their deaths was a common practice during the Soviet war in Afghanistan, and similar incidents occurred during Russia's first military conflict in separatist Chechnya in 1994.

While deaths during training do occur in peacetime, Krivenko said they are normally investigated and confirmed immediately. That has not been the case this time.

The reports are sparking fears among relatives of soldiers who are being sent to areas near the Ukrainian border.

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