“Although it's scary to write about it, we need bags for 200 dead soldiers. To transport the fallen guys. We need a lot of bags,” wrote pro-war activist Anna Deryabina from Chelyabinsk in a post on Wednesday, August 28. social networking site VKontakte. She added that currently everyone buys bags on their own account. Her appeal was noticed by the Russian service semnasem.org on the platform Telegram.
Russia is losing soldiers. Activist organizes collection for bags
The Russian's fundraiser was a success. A total of 200 rubles for one bag (approx. PLN 8.40). Money were collected within a few hours of the start of the fundraiser. On Friday morning, the activist hid her VKontakte profile.
Earlier, Anna Deryabina launched a petition against the organization of a “700 drone show” in Chelyabinsk on the occasion of the City Day. The activist urged the authorities not to waste money and not to send drones to war. The petition was signed by 56 thousand people. Then the mayor's office refused to organize the show.
War in Ukraine. Russia has lost a lot of soldiers
According to the website's estimates zone.media and BBC, at least 61,831 Russian soldiers have been killed since the invasion of Ukraine began until August 2024. The reports of their deaths were confirmed based on information available in open sources. The portal explains that Russian losses in recent months have been much greater, but due to the meticulous analysis, journalists did not have time to process all the data.