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Lucy Skoulding

Putin's 'ghost' buses carry 'bodies of hundreds of Russian soldiers' killed in Ukraine

A haunting column of buses in Belarus is believed to be carrying the bodies of hundreds of Russian soldiers killed in Ukraine.

A voice can be heard on the footage saying: “It is not very clearly visible - but eight sanitary buses are moving…”

The ghostly footage is from Gomel (Homel) in Belarus, close to the border with Ukraine where war is raging.

It is assumed that the human “cargo” inside those buses is from battles with the Ukrainian army in the Chernihiv region.

“I can see them bringing in a stretcher; I guess there are both wounded, and Cargo-200 (the Russia war-speak for those killed in battle),” said the author.

The ghostly footage is from Gomel (Homel) in Belarus (Sputnik/AFP via Getty Images)

However, other sources dispute that these buses with blotted windows and displaying the V-insignia are makeshift ambulances.

These sources believe them to be macabre hearses packed with coffins en-route to devastated bereaved families in Russia.

Gomel’s hospitals are already filled with Russian wounded from the war.

It is assumed that the 'cargo' inside those buses is from battles with the Ukrainian army in the Chernihiv region (social media i/ East2west News)

Referring to young soldiers deployed by Vladimir Putin the video commentator says: "The wounded are ‘children’, young men born in 2003.

“They are all last autumn's conscripts, and they get delivered here without eyes, ears, with their intestines twisted."

Other sources dispute that these buses with blotted windows and displaying the V-insignia are makeshift ambulances (AFP via Getty Images)

Some buses in Gomel have brought the wounded and maimed - rather than the dead from Putin’s war.

“They had to be hose-washed from blood,” according to one account.

“Most of these young men are incredibly hungry, saying they haven’t eaten properly for a week.

Some buses in Gomel have brought the wounded - rather than the dead from Putin’s war (Getty Images)

“Whoever could walk was sent to buy extra instant noodles for the wounded.

“The hospital staff is shocked.”

It comes as Kyiv generals claimed Russian soldiers only have enough supplies for "three more days" of fighting in Ukraine as attacks on Mariupol fail and offensives are stalled elsewhere.

It comes as Russian soldiers only have enough supplies for 'three more days' of fighting in Ukraine (social media i/ East2west News)

Vladimir Putin 's troops could run out of ammunition, food and fuel in a matter of days because of an inability to form a fuel pipeline, claimed the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

British Intelligence has said Russian attempts to capture Mariupol, viewed as a key target by Putin, "continue to be repulsed" as heavy fighting goes on.

Forces have been "largely stalled" elsewhere in Ukraine, including Kyiv, Chernihiv, Sumy and Kharkiv.

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