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Russia proposes medal for recovering bodies in war zones
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Posted on December 9, 2025
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Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on December 9, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 20, 2026
Russia proposes a medal for those recovering bodies in war zones, highlighting ongoing challenges in accounting for the missing in the Ukraine conflict.
Dec 8 (Reuters) - Russia's defence ministry has proposed a medal for servicemen and civilians who helped to recover bodies from combat zones - a rare official indication that Russia is struggling to account for the missing nearly four years into the war with Ukraine.
The draft document, published on Monday in an official database of proposed regulations, suggests awarding the medal for "evacuation of killed servicemen and other individuals in combat conditions with life-threatening risks."
It also includes a proposal to award the medal for the implementation of innovative technologies helping to evacuate bodies from the front lines and identifying the dead.
Russia, like Ukraine, classifies its combat losses as state secrets.
More than 1 million Russian soldiers have been killed or wounded since the invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, according to British military intelligence estimates published earlier this year.
(Reporting by Maria Tsvetkova in New York; Editing by Jamie Freed)
A proposed medal by Russia's defense ministry intended to honor servicemen and civilians involved in the recovery of bodies from combat zones, highlighting the challenges of accounting for missing individuals in conflict.
Combat zones are areas where active military operations are taking place, often characterized by significant risk to life and safety for those involved in recovery or humanitarian efforts.
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