Russia manipulates agreements on repatriation of fallen soldiers’ bodies
Russian propaganda has faked a report about "40,000 bodies of fallen Ukrainian soldiers" in Russia Russian media outlets and Telegram channels are circulating reports that Russia is allegedly holding the bodies of 40,000 dead Ukrainian soldiers. These reports claim to reference U.S. news outlet Politico and allege that Ukraine refuses to receive the bodies to avoid paying compensation to the soldiers' families. This is fake news. Politico has not published any such report. The source of this false story is the Russian outlet Life.ru, which included a link to Politico's website in its publication, but no such article exists on…