Even Vladimir Putin’s elite units are abandoning the fight in Ukraine and heading home, according to new audio released by Ukrainian intelligence on Tuesday, the Daily Beast reports.
In a 50-second audio clip that Ukraine’s Security Service says is an intercepted communication between a Russian soldier and his friend, the soldier complains of more losses in Ukraine “than in four years in Chechnya.” His comrade admits that he doesn’t even know the real death toll, as “they don’t voice [the numbers] here.” He then asks if it’s true that members of the RosGvardia, Putin’s National Guard, have been leaving Ukraine along with the special police known as the Omonovtsy. The soldier erupts with fury: “We don’t … need them. They’re returning [home] because they’re staging revolts, they don’t want to go any further. All these…special forces, our fighters, …backtracked… and they refuse to go further.”
Ukrainian authorities did not specify where the purported soldier in the recording was based in Ukraine, and it was not clear when the call was intercepted.
This is terrible. Putin should resign.
Is it authentic or a trap?
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The leaking of this recording might be a terrible mistake. On the one hand, if Russian soldiers find out that some of their comrades are deserting them, they also may desert ship – which is a good thing – however, they won’t find it out from these leaked recordings because of Russian censorship. The real problem is, when the Russian leaders find out that there are deserters, they will make every effort to punish them, and to put an end to these desertions.