<p>Ukrainian authorities on Sunday launched a website to help Russian families track down soldiers who have been killed or captured fighting in Moscow's invasion of the pro-Western country.</p>.<p>The site — 200rf.com — contains pictures of the documents and corpses of Russian soldiers Ukraine said had been killed since President Vladimir Putin launched the attack.</p>.<p>It also has videos of soldiers Ukraine says it has captured.</p>.<p><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/world-news-politics/russia-ukraine-crisis-war-live-news-updates-vladimir-putin-joe-biden-volodymyr-zelenskyy-us-donbass-kyiv-kharkiv-1084576.html" target="_blank"><strong>Follow live Ukraine-Russia crisis updates here</strong></a></p>.<p>"I am talking to you in Russian because this site was created for you," Viktor Andrusiv, an adviser to the interior minister, said in a video posted on the site.</p>.<p>"I know that many Russians are worried about how and where their children, sons, husbands are and what is happening to them -- so we decided to put this online so that each of you could search for your loved one who Putin sent to fight in Ukraine."</p>.<p>Andrusiv said that over the past three days Ukrainian forces had captured almost 200 Russian soldiers and more than 3,000 Russian troops had died.</p>.<p>"We have documents, photos and videos of all of these people," Andrusiv said.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/world-news-politics/ukraine-says-ready-for-talks-with-russia-but-not-in-complicit-belarus-1085598.html" target="_blank">Ukraine says ready for talks with Russia, but not in 'complicit' Belarus</a></strong></p>.<p>The name of the site references the well-known term Gruz-200 (Cargo-200) that was used by Soviet military for corpses being flown back from the war in Afghanistan in the 1980s.</p>.<p>Russia's defence ministry has so far given no details of any military losses in Ukraine since launching a multi-pronged attack Putin called a "special operation" to protect two separatist regions.</p>.<p>The head of the North Caucasus region of Dagestan, Sergei Melikov, on Saturday became the first official to report the death of a Russian soldier in Ukraine.</p>.<p>He posted a tribute on his official Instagram page, paying homage to an officer he said had been killed during the "special operation to defend Donbas".</p>.<p>The Kremlin has launched a major propaganda campaign to control coverage of the war in Ukraine and has ordered media to use only Russia's official versions of events.</p>.<p>Moscow has long been accused of covering up losses suffered by its forces as they backed pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine and fought in Syria.</p>.<p>Lev Shlosberg, a prominent liberal politician, has suggested Russia's military was using mobile crematoriums to destroy evidence of those killed in Ukraine.</p>.<p>"There is no war. No dead. No tombs. People will just be no more. Forever," he wrote on his blog.</p>.<p><strong>Check out latest DH videos here</strong></p>
<p>Ukrainian authorities on Sunday launched a website to help Russian families track down soldiers who have been killed or captured fighting in Moscow's invasion of the pro-Western country.</p>.<p>The site — 200rf.com — contains pictures of the documents and corpses of Russian soldiers Ukraine said had been killed since President Vladimir Putin launched the attack.</p>.<p>It also has videos of soldiers Ukraine says it has captured.</p>.<p><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/world-news-politics/russia-ukraine-crisis-war-live-news-updates-vladimir-putin-joe-biden-volodymyr-zelenskyy-us-donbass-kyiv-kharkiv-1084576.html" target="_blank"><strong>Follow live Ukraine-Russia crisis updates here</strong></a></p>.<p>"I am talking to you in Russian because this site was created for you," Viktor Andrusiv, an adviser to the interior minister, said in a video posted on the site.</p>.<p>"I know that many Russians are worried about how and where their children, sons, husbands are and what is happening to them -- so we decided to put this online so that each of you could search for your loved one who Putin sent to fight in Ukraine."</p>.<p>Andrusiv said that over the past three days Ukrainian forces had captured almost 200 Russian soldiers and more than 3,000 Russian troops had died.</p>.<p>"We have documents, photos and videos of all of these people," Andrusiv said.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/world-news-politics/ukraine-says-ready-for-talks-with-russia-but-not-in-complicit-belarus-1085598.html" target="_blank">Ukraine says ready for talks with Russia, but not in 'complicit' Belarus</a></strong></p>.<p>The name of the site references the well-known term Gruz-200 (Cargo-200) that was used by Soviet military for corpses being flown back from the war in Afghanistan in the 1980s.</p>.<p>Russia's defence ministry has so far given no details of any military losses in Ukraine since launching a multi-pronged attack Putin called a "special operation" to protect two separatist regions.</p>.<p>The head of the North Caucasus region of Dagestan, Sergei Melikov, on Saturday became the first official to report the death of a Russian soldier in Ukraine.</p>.<p>He posted a tribute on his official Instagram page, paying homage to an officer he said had been killed during the "special operation to defend Donbas".</p>.<p>The Kremlin has launched a major propaganda campaign to control coverage of the war in Ukraine and has ordered media to use only Russia's official versions of events.</p>.<p>Moscow has long been accused of covering up losses suffered by its forces as they backed pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine and fought in Syria.</p>.<p>Lev Shlosberg, a prominent liberal politician, has suggested Russia's military was using mobile crematoriums to destroy evidence of those killed in Ukraine.</p>.<p>"There is no war. No dead. No tombs. People will just be no more. Forever," he wrote on his blog.</p>.<p><strong>Check out latest DH videos here</strong></p>