{"id":319293,"date":"2026-04-16T01:23:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T19:53:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=319293"},"modified":"2026-04-16T01:23:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T19:53:07","slug":"russian-families-pay-to-resurrect-soldiers-killed-by-putins-war-in-creepy-ai-videos-news-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/04\/16\/russian-families-pay-to-resurrect-soldiers-killed-by-putins-war-in-creepy-ai-videos-news-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Russian families pay to \u2018resurrect\u2019 soldiers killed by Putin\u2019s war in creepy AI videos | News World"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Russian troops killed within the war in Ukraine are being \u2018brought back to life\u2019 in an eerie recent AI resurrection trend.<\/p>\n

Grieving families pay for videos showing final hugs with wives and other relatives, kisses and ascents to heaven for the fighters.<\/p>\n

Dozens of communities on Russian \u2018Facebook\u2019 VK with a combined audience of lots of of 1000’s of users now offer these \u2018farewell videos\u2019 of the Kremlin\u2019s fallen troops.<\/p>\n

The videos follow a strikingly similar script through which a fallen soldier appears, embraces family members, after which walks away into the sky, disappears, or is escorted by angels through the Pearly Gates.<\/p>\n

Each clip is paired with an obituary. The soldiers are shown as if in real life, with no indications of the fatal wounds they suffered from getting used as Putin\u2019s cannon fodder.<\/p>\n

In 4 years of fighting, the Kremlin is estimated to have sent 350,000 soldiers to their deaths in a war that has led to only minuscule territorial gains.<\/p>\n

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Prices for the AI resurrections start at around 1,500 rubles (\u00a313) for an easy animated hug, rising to three,500\u20134,000 rubles (\u00a330\u2013\u00a335) for more elaborate scenes\u2014including a \u2018goodbye kiss\u2019 or perhaps a voice simulation of the dead.<\/p>\n

There are even waiting lists or extra charges for rush orders. Families commission videos to recreate a \u2018final meeting\u2019 with sons, husbands or fathers killed in combat.<\/p>\n

One video shows soldier Alexei, 49, ascending the steps to heaven in his Russian military uniform.<\/p>\n

One other\u00a0depicts\u00a0Sergei, 40, hugging and kissing his wife, and embracing his brother and oldsters, before smiling, waving, and\u00a0then\u00a0climbing the steps to the Pearly Gates.<\/p>\n

Vladimir, 36, kisses his sleeping wife farewell on the pillow before ascending the steps to the afterlife, awaited by two angels.<\/p>\n

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One service openly advertises: \u2018Using neural networks\u2026 we recreate the moment of reunion and send them off to heaven.\u2019<\/p>\n

Psychologists say such videos can act as a coping mechanism for grief, allowing relatives to process loss. But critics say it has also develop into a profitable digital industry built around death, where emotion is packaged into algorithm-generated content.<\/p>\n

One pro-Ukrainian source called the Russian videos \u2018cringeworthy,\u2019 showing \u2018resurrected occupiers\u2019 who died fighting in an illegal war.<\/p>\n

\u2018To avoid such a loss,\u00a0\u00a0you can simply not send your husband or son to a war of conquest,\u2019 they said.<\/p>\n

There may be also a suspicion of a powerful Russian propaganda motive behind the videos \u2013 portraying the dead fighters as doing God\u2019s work.<\/p>\n

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