This is where the Russian soldiers who are left on the battlefield end up. Join the inside of the train of death.

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There is no elegant way to lift corpses. Even the crew that carries stretcher after stretcher, bag after bag must take a break from the weight along the hundred meters they walk. Shake your arms. Change grip.

We are in a secret location in Kyiv. Between bushes and cherry blossoms are rusty railway tracks. At the top are trains that have now been converted into mortuaries. The freezing temperatures in the carriage will preserve the bodies of the Russian soldiers who are there.