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“One million.” Ukraine’s General Staff says more than a million Russian soldiers have been killed or disabled since the invasion began. The Kremlin calls it propaganda; Western estimates vary—but even independent obituaries and regional data point to a brutal truth: the heaviest burden is falling on Russia’s poorest, farthest regions—Buryatia, Tuva, Yakutia, Irkutsk.
In this video we break down:
• Where the losses come from (per‑capita casualty patterns and why Siberia is over‑represented).
• How mobilization works in practice—economic desperation, targeted conscription, and “meat‑grinder” assaults.
• The mothers’ movement: grief becoming activism—and why the regime fears it.
• Why open revolt is unlikely—yet collapse can still happen, quietly and systemically.
• The Kremlin’s playbook (repression, propaganda, payoffs) and its limits under wartime budgets.
Editorial note: Figures differ across sources; we flag numbers as reported and focus on mechanisms, regional patterns, and lived consequences.
Question: Is Siberia’s anger becoming the Kremlin’s most dangerous front?
