From CNN, “The governor [Vitaly Kim] has called for the bodies to be placed into refrigerators and sent back to Russia for identification through DNA testing. But, a month into the war, it is still unclear how or if the remains of soldiers are being repatriated to Russia, where reports about the death toll have largely been silenced.”
Yeah. So, no! I’ve commented on this before, but I think Ukraine needs to start ramping up the psychological warfare against Russia a bit. Ideally, any Russian soldier that dies in battle should be allowed to disappear into the great Ukrainian blackhole. That is to say, Russian bodies do not get repatriated to the motherland. No, no! These treasures of Russia’s youth and blood should be forever lost — somewhere in Ukraine. Families at home must forever feel incomplete and empty knowing that sons, brothers, and fathers left for war and never returned. Oops! Sorry, I meant to say “special military operation” because that makes all the difference.
If Ukraine really, really feels the “humanitarian” need to send something back to Russian families, then they can send a bag of ashes. Not a particular soldier’s ashes to the family, but just a collection of ashes from a mass funeral pyre. They can even send a little note along with the bag reassuring the family that their loved one is probably somewhere, in part at least, among these ashes — possibly. Chances are good, but not great. Russia decided to send its military into the Ukrainian meat grinder. So be it! What goes in whole comes out masticated. Don’t expect fallen soldiers to come back. Ukraine has to go full-on psychological torture against Russia and nothing less. Russia started the war, but Ukraine must finish it — dirty if need be!
