Russian troops demoralised seeing 'so many corpses' beg to go home in leaked calls
08.03.2022 - 02:13
/ dailyrecord.co.uk
Russian troops demoralised at the sight of "so many corpses" have begged to go home in leaked calls from the frontline in Ukraine.
Soldiers said the war in the country could last "months" in the intercepted calls, despite Vladimir Putin saying it would be over in two weeks.
Troops were said to be raiding a nearby supermarket for supplies, with another infantryman saying his battalion did not have any food left.
The Mirror reports that Ukrainian politician and advisor at the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Anton Herashchenko, shared translations of the phone calls online.
It comes after a string of videos released by Ukraine showed captured Russian troops complaining about being "deceived" by Putin.
In one intercepted conversation shared by Mr Herashchenko, a Russian soldier reportedly moans: "We have no aviation, no f***ing support, we are like cannon fodder."
According to the Sun, he added that he would "do anything to come back home... resign from the army, I don't give a f***".
The soldier revealed that his comrades were looking forward to the end of the war as fighting "for no reason" had "f***ed everyone up".
In another leaked recording, a Russian infantryman complained that his battalion was facing "massacres" and said his comrades were "shaking", "afraid" and refusing to fight.
A third soldier called his wife, it is claimed, and told her: " Russia itself attacked Ukraine, why I don't understand. We're definitely here until May, that's for certain."
He warned the war could drag on for a couple of years.
Another Russian fighter said he was being paid £40 a day - a relatively high wage in Russia - but said no-one cared about the money anymore.
He echoed other soldiers' wishes to quit the army and said his comrades were