Cargo 200 (code name)

Cargo 200 (Russian: Груз 200, Gruz 200) is the code word referring to casualties for transportation in the Soviet and modern militaries of post-Soviet states.[1][2][3][4] In its official meaning, Cargo 200 refers to bodies contained in zinc-lined coffins, but in military context this code word can be used for dead bodies as they are transported from the battlefield.

The term Cargo 200 has received new attention after the start of the Russian military intervention in Eastern Ukraine.[3] As of October 2016 the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission has after 2 1/2 years despite their limited access to the conflict zone counted more than 20 vehicles with “Cargo 200” inscription, used to transport bodies of deceased Russians from Donbas.[5]

Cargo 300 is the code for wounded soldiers.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Brooke, James (18 October 2011). "Russian Killings of Tajik Migrant Workers — Now at a Level with American Lynchings in the 1930s?". blogs.voanews.com. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
  2. ↑ ТУРЧЕНКОВА, Мария (3 June 2014). "Груз 200. Продолжение" [Cargo 200. Continued]. Novaya Gazeta (in Russian). Retrieved 12 April 2015.
  3. 1 2 "Ukraine crisis: Russian 'Cargo 200' crossed border - OSCE". BBC News Online. 13 November 2014. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
  4. ↑ "Місія «Евакуація 200»" [Mission "Evacuation 200"]. mil.gov.ua (in Ukrainian). 22 March 2015. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
  5. ↑ "OSCE spotted more than 20 vehicles with Cargo 200 caution". 112.international. 4 November 2016. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
  6. ↑ "For the first 2 days of December, 300 Russian soldiers were killed". defence.pk. Archived from the original on 2014-12-09. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
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