While Ukraine’s military has many honored volunteers fighting to defend their border, Russia’s expeditionary forces often are contractors fighting for pay, and dying in silence.
http://www.fontanka.ru/2018/01/02/027/
http://www.kasparov.ru/material.php?id=5A4A8A21BB351
http://hvylya.net/analytics/geopolitics/kakoe-budushhee-mira-modeliruet-karaganov.html