refer to the conflict, it's being referred to as a special operation. 0ur russia editor steve rosenberg has been to one military funeral in the west of the country. singing. in russia, they are grieving, too. mikhail was killed in action in ukraine. angelika is his widow. how many russian soldiers have been killed in what the kremlin still refuses to call a war? 0ne family's pain is being repeated across the country. it's a criminal offence in russia to quote anything but official figures. and those are 498 russian servicemen dead.