The New York Occasions has created an interactive story from intercepted calls from Russian troopers in Ukraine. It makes for an inciteful if harrowing learn and pay attention.
Unique: The New York Occasions obtained intercepted calls made by Russian troopers in Ukraine, together with damning accounts of the execution of civilians. Hear the audio. https://t.co/CtMjVhLLZl pic.twitter.com/yjN0EGSQiu
— The New York Occasions (@nytimes) September 28, 2022
The troopers admit to killing civilians in addition to looting. Additionally they inform of huge casualties of their models and sound about as depressing as you’d anticipate if you happen to had a 50% likelihood of getting killed or significantly injured.
The Russian losses are staggering. To place it in context, they misplaced 10,000 troops in Afghanistan over 10 years.
Estimates by #Ukraine’s MoD @DefenceU on losses by the invading #Russia|n forces as of 30 September.
Whereas it isn’t attainable to confirm these figures, impartial observers level to very substantial Russian losses in each personnel and tools. pic.twitter.com/U02lXZgzk7
— Alex Kokcharov (@AlexKokcharov) September 30, 2022
Now they’re rounding up conscripts and sending them to the entrance with out primary coaching or tools. What’s the level of that?
Russian males drafted into the first Tank Regiment had been knowledgeable they may bear no coaching by any means & can be dispatched to Kherson on September twenty ninth to face off with the well-trained Ukrainian Military. https://t.co/NrDzSMIW3o
— Elizabeth Tsurkov🌻 (@Elizrael) September 27, 2022
Can nobody in Russia cease the insanity? It’s all very miserable.
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