The bodies of Russian troops have been left behind in Ukraine as Moscow denies the true death toll. In one case, a soldier had to fight beside a decomposing corpse for weeks before he himself died.

A Russian soldier murdered his comrade and ate the corpse for two weeks to survive during the grim situation in Ukraine. He also later died, a report mentioned, citing Kyiv’s military intelligence.

Since the early days of the war in Ukraine, there have been reports of the bodies of Russian soldiers being left behind as Moscow refuses to acknowledge the true death toll. In one case, Russian ...