Reuters
Russian troops in Ukraine say the scenario has develop into such a humiliation greater than a 12 months into the warfare that they’re satisfied nobody needs to be there within the first place.
That’s in response to a two-and-a-half minute recording launched Thursday by Ukrainian intelligence that's stated to seize a cellphone chat between two fed-up Russian troopers discussing mass desertions.
After 119 troopers fled the entrance line, one of many unnamed troopers stated, lots of them had been tracked down and 70 of them had been hit with legal prices, whereas 30 had been “jailed for fucking two years or extra.”
As a substitute of venting his frustrations at his AWOL fellow troops, the person scoffed at navy officers who he stated “as soon as once more” defined to all of the troopers that they’d be tossed in jail in the event that they left their positions for greater than 48 hours, one thing that has apparently develop into a preferred pattern.
“Are you able to fucking consider we nonetheless have Kharkiv [to take]?” the opposite soldier quipped.
“We nonetheless have Kyiv,” his pal shot again.
“Fuck, no less than Kharkiv.”
“There’s nonetheless Poltava, Sumy, Chernikhiv, fuck! … They'll’t even fucking take Bakhmut!”
“There’s no gear, there’s fucking nothing. Or there’s simply no need,” the opposite soldier stated.