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so, what happened in vuhledar? people back home wanted answers. bbc eye looked into the black berets claims. it s difficult to interview soldiers or theirfamilies in russia. they face years in jail for discrediting the army. but online, there s a trail of evidence. piecing together online testimonies, death records and battle footage, we found that the 155 did suffer heavy losses in vuhledar. we found reasons why these men died. such kind of breaching operations are suicide. and we found out what happened to those caught up in the battle. ramaz gorgadze was a stubborn young russian. his mother says he was born this way, an iron character with georgian roots. she says he was impossible to argue with. he grew up like any other young russian in a small village called yagodnoye, located in russia s far east province. as a young teenager, he developed a passion for rap. raps in russian he took this passion with him during his one year national service. raps ..and became popular o
but the highest one is in november 2022, during the offensive on pavlivka and vuhledar. we found that at least 60 black berets were killed or went missing in the months following the start of the assault on october 28th. most happened after their letter was sent to governor kozhemyako. we think that the real number of losses in 155 is definitely higher than the figure we have because we can t always attribute certain people to the unit, and also we only rely on open source material. so we believe that the real number of total losses on the russian side is probably at least two times higher than the figure we have. so if we put aside the first two weeks of the invasion, which have seen a tremendous rate of losses, then this october and november battle for pavlivka probably can be named as one of the highest concentration of forces for a single unit.
the assault on kyiv at the start of the conflict. but the highest one is in november 2022, during the offensive on pavlivka and vuhledar. we found that at least 60 black berets were killed or went missing in the months following the start of the assault on october 28th. most happened after their letter was sent to governor kozhemyako. we think that the real number of losses in 155 is definitely higher than the figure we have because we can t always attribute certain people to the unit and also, we only rely on open source material, so we believe that the real number of total losses on the russian side is probably at least two times higher than the figure we have. so, if we put aside the first two weeks of the invasion, which have seen a tremendous rate of losses, then this october and november battle for pavlivka probably can be named as one of the highest