(Kiev comprehensive) Reuters Reuters reported on Tuesday (September 5) that the private calls intercepted by the Ukraine intelligence department showed that when the counterattack in Ukraine launched a counterattack, some Russian soldiers lost heavy losses, lack of ammunition, training, and training.And military reserve, as well as low morale dissatisfaction.
call or confirm that some Russian army and commanders are tight
Ukrainian National Security Agency (SBU) In the first two weeks of July, a 17 -phone call from the Russian army fighting in Wudong in Wudong region in Wudong, a Ukrainian intelligence source revealed the content of these calls toReuters.
Among them, a Russian soldier called on July 12 to tell his wife that his troops were severe and injured, and the equipment was seriously insufficient, making him feel like a Soviet soldier during World War II.He said, "No ammunition, nothing ... Do we want us as a bayonet?"
Another soldier told his wife on July 3 that although his team was successful, he paid a high price for this."The second battalion is gone. They crushed it." He said that they couldn't even withdraw the wounded, which caused these robes to die on the battlefield.
A soldier who joined the army in September last year appealed to his mother: "Imagine that we have nothing, and we will be thrown to the front line without any equipment ... In the final analysis, the generals don't care (our life and death)."
Reuters cannot determine how representatives of these soldiers described, but Ukrainian intelligence sources said that the content of these calls highlighted the challenges facing the Russian army.
Neil Melvin, director of the International Security Research Director of the Royal Institute of Defense (Rusi), said that these calls seem to confirm that some Russian forces have invested in defense operations without preparing, and and and and.As a result, a large number of casualties have caused the relationship between Russian soldiers and commanders.
Ukraine has not made significant progress since its counterattack in early June.Russian Defense Minister Sho Gulu said on Tuesday that Ukraine's counterattack failed completely, but he also acknowledged that the battle in Zhapollo -in the south was tense.He said: "The Ukrainian armed forces failed to achieve their goals on any front. The situation of the front line of Zapolo was the most tense. The enemy forces were transferred from the strategic reserve forces. These people have been trained by Western instructors."
Russian Defense Minister: Ukraine's replacement defense ministers will not affect the war situation
For Ukraine's recent replacement of the defense ministers, Hagogu believes that this will not affect the war.He said: "The situation does not depend on who will become the defendant, everything depends on what Washington said."
Ukrainian President Zelei Sky last Sunday (3rd) announced the dismissal of Defense Director Leznikov, and nominated Ruster Umerov, director of the State -owned Assets Fund, replaced him.
According to Zhongtong News Agency, some opinions believe that Umerov is a Crimean cricket, and appoints him to show that the Defense Minister can show Ukraine's determination to recover Crimea.Some analysts also said that Zelei's move aims to re -establish the image of the Ukraine Department of Defense and win the West more.The budget expansion of the Ukrai Ministry of Defense has been charged with a series of improper behaviors and corruption during the war.
Zelei Sky Monday (4th) visited the front line of Donetsk, including inspecting the counterattack troops in Bach Murut, and discussed the needs of the army and the problems facing the local commander.The Wuwu Deputy Minister of Defense Mary said on the same day that the Ukraine had recovered about 3 square kilometers of territory around Bachomut in the past week, so that the territorial area that had been recaptured since the counterattack operation had increased to about 47 square kilometers.
According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Russian air defense system shot down at least three Ukraine drones with the capital Moscow as the target of the capital.Moscow Mayor Sobiyanin said the attack did not cause casualties, but a consumer service facility in the Istra area of Moscow was damaged.According to Russian media reports, nearly 50 flights from four major airports in Moscow on the morning were canceled or delayed.
