Putin's niece accidentally revealed the approximate number of missing Russian soldiers.

Russian authorities have received 48,000 applications for DNA tests to find missing Russian soldiers. This was announced in Russia's Duma by Russian Deputy Defense Minister, Anna Tsivilyova, Putin's niece.

Kartapolov, head of the Duma's defense committee, said this was "secret information," asked that "these figures not be voiced anywhere else" and that the information be removed from the documents.

These numbers are likely on the lower end of the scale of Russian casualties. There is a reasonable probability that the actual numbers are much higher.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 minutes ago

Today's secret word is

#🎉 Defenestration 🎉

[–] [email protected] 29 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Stay away from high windows bitch!

[–] [email protected] 22 points 9 hours ago

It's his niece. She will be excused. Her and the rest of Putin's family is what this war is for. He's securing his billions for his family. It doesn't matter how many Slavs must die for his children to live in luxury.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Can someone explain in which ways this information is sensitive? I can make some guesses but I expect that I will miss some important aspects of the implications of such a leak

[–] [email protected] 37 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Maybe because they are constantly downplaying the number of victims?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 hours ago (3 children)

Well if that is the case I'm still confused because 48K is way less than the estimates I've seen (which are an order of magnitude greater)

[–] [email protected] 28 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

The 48k is just the number of families who actually submitted to find out what happened to the missing soldier. There are probably more unconfirmed dead that haven't had a submission made, and many more confirmed dead, and many many more just injured. The Ukrainians are claiming over 700k dead and wounded, and historically their numbers have been pretty accurate.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 36 minutes ago

Bingo, 48000 are unknown. They can't be identified by conventional means which means they're grossly disfigured, rotting and the rest of the members of the unit cannot confirm their identity which in most cases in this war means they've either been captured or killed.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 8 hours ago

Those are potentially missing people, which would go on top of confirmed deaths even over the Russian narrative numbers. And the real MIA numbers would obviously be even higher than the ones applied for DNA testing - even if she tries to claim that "some would obviously be found".

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

That's a good point. Maybe it's a "leak", as in another attempt to downplay the number.

[–] towerful 3 points 3 hours ago

It's the number of families that think their kid/husband/father is missing

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 hours ago

Is this a public transmission? Or the video was leaked?