Just started reading the comments, so I am sure you have already been answered here, but when enough people are killed, or you cannot safely get to the dead due to deadly line-of-site “kill funnels”, (like I have experienced in several towns in Syria), and which has kept evacuation and aid organizations from civilians in need of help in many towns and cities jn UA, the bodies will sit.
I have experienced significant numbers of unburied dead bodies in probably close to 150 locations over the years.
It is almost always due to civilians being the target.
In a few cases, we were unable clear out all the enemy fire for days, so to get at numbers of dead bodies. So we would just have to see and smell it all as well.
*i lost contact with a number of Evangelical missionary friends of mine in UA mostly in the last couple of weeks - some American, some Russian, some Uktainian, who had reported weeks ago, some of their own evacuation and “water” distribution teams being shot dead by Russian forces.
One of my Russian missionary friends(from Russia) had three bus loads of mostly women and children, when I received a desperate communication for prayer one evening (almost three weeks ago), as their team and some of the women and children were being executed right outside the busses.
Some of these teams were either frequently going past UA/RU LOC’s to where there were known mass casualty incidents, and specifically children in need of help. Others were refusing t leave their church people. They were all reporting dead bodies strewn throughout village and city streets.
This is not new news at all.
Additionally, I have been in several locations where dead bodies were basically used as different types of mine and explosive triggers.
Don’t want to ever break such news, but most Americans are truly separated from reality here -
Break the news as often as you can. We desperately need it here on FR. Thanks for the post and also for your work.
Yes - very hard reality.
Prayers for your friends, BTW.