Russian resident films rapidly expanding military cemetery in Lipetsk Oblast - video
Cemetery in Russia's Lipetsk Oblast town (Photo: Video screenshot / Butusov Plus / Telegram)
A rapidly expanding cemetery in Russia's Lipetsk Oblast was captured on video amid the massive losses of the Russian occupation army in Ukraine, National Guard Khartia brigade soldier and military journalist Yuriy Butusov wrote on March 23.
He wrote this after highlighting the online footage of a Russian resident.
"An ordinary town in Russia's Lipetsk Oblast," Butusov noted in a comment on the video.
"Russian millionaires are holding the line perfectly. These are only the ones who made it to the cemetery. And how many were left in the fields and tree lines of Ukraine, and how many corpses were thrown into the trash."
In the video, a male voiceover states that space at the cemetery is quickly running out.
"That place over there is completely buried," the man complained.
"That's it, there is nowhere left to bury there. Not so long ago, they made a burial place right in this area, but unfortunately, as you can see, almost all this territory has already been taken up as well."
The video's author also reported that there is "just a little bit of space left here" and complains that it is unknown "how or where" to go next.
Russian losses reached a record 35,000 killed soldiers per month compared to about 14,000 last year, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Jan. 22.
The Russian army's losses in killed and severely wounded in January 2026 amounted to over 31,700 personnel, exceeding the volume of its personnel replenishment, Ukrainian Armed Forces Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi noted on Feb. 6.
Russia lost nearly 100k soldiers on the front line over the past three months, Zelenskyy stated on March 17.
90% of the casualties suffered by the Russian occupiers on the front are caused by Ukrainian drones.
The Russian army lost approximately 970 soldiers over the past day, according to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. From Feb. 24, 2022, to March 23, 2026, the estimated total losses of the occupiers amounted to 1,288,850 personnel.
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