A Russian serviceman threatens fellow soldiers with being sent on a “meat” assault as punishment for desertion in a reported intercepted phone call released by Ukrainian Military Intelligence (HUR) on Monday, Jan. 20.
“You f**k around too much, Dimon. You just don’t understand. They’ll catch you, f**king hell, and the commander will just say ― f**k it – [Go] on the assault! That’ll be fun, right?” the Russian soldier says.
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The voice seems to attempt to convince his comrade not to desert with two other soldiers.
“Where are you planning to go with the fighters? F**k, if you don’t cut it out, you’ll get a beating right now. Where the f**k do you think you’ll go?”
HUR ended its post in its customary fashion: “Every war criminal will face just retribution.”
Last year Kyiv Post reported that Russian troops have likely suffered significant losses of equipment and personnel in the Toretsk sector in the Donetsk region.
“Personnel are thrown into ‘meat’ assaults. The wounded and killed are replaced with seconded military personnel,” Atesh partisans said.
Earlier last year, Kyiv Post interviewed Maria* who works as one of Ukrainian intelligence’s professional eavesdroppers and spoke about the shocking things she hears.
Russia regularly dismisses the content of intercepted calls published by Ukraine, saying they are faked, a claim Kyiv Post put to Maria. She said: “They are all are real even though they might seem insane. Sometimes I can’t believe the words I’m hearing myself, but we have what we have.”
ISW Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, January 21, 2025
Kyiv Post regularly reposts some of the most revealing and shocking intercepted conversations. Check out more intercepted conversations:
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‘Talk to This ‘Ukrop’ and Erase Him’ – Russian Commander Orders Execution of POW
Russian Soldier Complains of Using Civilian Trucks to Transport North Koreans
‘The Chinese Are Here’ – Russian Troops React to North Korean Arrival
‘I Need to Get the Hell Out of Here’ – Russian Soldier Fears for His Life
‘I’d Rather Be Dead’ – Russian Soldier Says Commanders Flee and Own Snipers Kill Them
‘We Bury Them Right There’ – Russian on Moscow’s Tactic to Avoid Paying for Fallen Soldiers
‘Kyiv Never Bombed and Russians Are Dying’ – Russian Wife Complains About Kremlin
‘Half a Battalion Escaped to The Forest’ – Russian Soldier Blamed for Mass Refusal to Fight
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