Russian President Vladimir Putin today (May 28, 2015) declared the deaths of Russian troops killed in special operations during peacetime to be a state secret, a move that activists fear could be used to silence efforts to bring attention to the deaths of Russians fighting in Ukraine, according to the Slate website.
Putin's office -- which has consistently denied that Russian troops have been sent to Ukraine -- did not explain the reasons for the new decree.
The order comes amid media reports that Russia is once again moving heavy weaponry and military vehicles -- many with license plates and identifying insignia removed -- to Ukraine.
Despite abundant evidence of Russian troops fighting in Ukraine -- including some captured and interviewed by Ukrainian forces -- Russian authorities have consistently denied this fact, suppressing the details of how soldiers were killed and even burying some in unmarked graves.
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