War in Ukraine revealed a great deal of documented self-inflicted deaths by Russian soldiers on the battlefield. As of today 132 of them^† arrived at suicide as the best possible outcome, and were filmed committing one. Puzzling to think about and terrible to watch, this phenomena seems increasingly characteristic for Russian army, truly unmatched in this grim respect.

Why are they doing it? Why so many of them? Why now? While everyone can conteplate their own answers, the goal of this page is not to draw any conclusions but to merely document these bizzare acts in light of their public significance. We're sourcing data from social media.