‘They Forgot About Him’ Three Years Ago, Putin’s ‘Partial Mobilization’ Sent 9,000 Men From Two Siberian Regions to War. Today, a Third Are Dead or Disabled.

‘They forgot about him’ Three years ago, Putin’s ‘partial mobilization’ sent 9,000 men from two Siberian regions to war. Today, a third are dead or disabled.

When Vladimir Putin announced a “partial mobilization” in September 2022 — Russia’s first call-up since World War II — thousands of men from Siberia were sent to the front. From the Irkutsk region and the Republic of Buryatia alone, at least 9,000 were drafted. Three years later, roughly a third of them are dead or permanently disabled. The independent outlet People of Baikal looked into what is known about the fate of these men. Meduza shares a