The invasion of Ukraine is going “worse than Chechnya”, a Russian army officer said in a conversation with his superiors in Moscow, which was intercepted by the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU). His words suggest that the troops can not repatriate their dead and some battle groups have frostbite.
In a conversation heard by the SBU staff, he mentions a post by The Times, the officer says in Moscow that there are not enough tents for the troops and that the Russian planes are bombing their own positions. The update came from a line that was unsafe near the coastal town of Mykolaif.
The Russian military relies on communications via cell phones and analog radios, making them vulnerable to interception by Ukrainian intelligence services, the report said.
“In short it is over here”
The recording begins with the officer describing the situation. “In short, it’s over here,” he says, before complaining that a Russian Grad missile was fired at his troops a day earlier. “We asked if it was ours, but no one could tell.”
The soldiers are sadly unprepared for the cold, he says, adding that half of his forces have frostbite on their feet. Images of Russian troops wearing stolen Ukrainian boots apparently better suited to the cold have been widely circulated on the internet.
The officer tells his superiors that on the fourth day of the war, the commander of the 49th Combined Arms Army had said they were “hours” away from victory. On the contrary, his troops have not been equipped with enough tents or stoves to keep them warm and now they are in great need of bulletproof vests as they are attacked from all sides. He claims that the situation in Ukraine is even worse than during the military campaign against Chechnya.
In the broadcast, which was intercepted by the Ukrainian side, the officer was called to “show bravery”, which angered him and made him express his disappointment that a Russian plane dropped a bomb on his troops by mistake. “Well, it’s happening,” said the senior Moscow official. The officer replies: “Nice way to say good morning!”
Source: News Beast
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