The first Russian soldier born in 2008 has been killed in the war against Ukraine
When Putin announced the start of the invasion in 2022, Alisher Svirin was 14 years old.
By the age of 18, he signed a contract, became a machine gunner, and was killed on May 1, 2026. He had been at the front for only a few months.
BBC together with “Mediazona” reports that since the start of the war, at least 200 “Putin’s boys” aged 18 have been killed on the front lines.
The authors of the investigation also identified three regions with the highest number of confirmed losses in Russia: Bashkortostan, Tatarstan, and the Moscow region.