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A Russian military commander was overheard berating his “useless” soldier fighting in southern Ukraine, telling him in an embarrassing phone call that they’ve resorted to throwing cooks into the frontlines because he “can’t f–king win” the war.
“There are no f–king people, everyone has left,” the furious military head was heard shouting, during a minute-long intercepted phone call released Friday by Ukraine’s Defense Intelligence.
The heated call starts with the unnamed soldier complaining he was tired and begging his commander for a ride.
“I can’t start moving,” the Russian attack pilot, fighting in the critical Zaporizhzhia region, lamented. “My knees are so weak, I can’t even step on them.”
But his plea for compassion fell on deaf ears as his superior launched into a profanity-laced tirade.
“You want the company commander to take the wheel for you and come down to roll you around? Do I understand you correctly?” he mocked the soldier. “There are no f–king people, everyone has left, the cooks are already going into battle because you can’t f–king win.
“They brought the cooks here, they brought the communication operators, they’ve already f–king been killed,” the commander raged.
It is unclear when exactly the call took place.
Russian advances in Zaporizhzhia — one of the coveted frontline regions of the war, where Russian strongman Vladimir Putin’s men control 75% of the territory — have stalled in recent weeks, according to Ukrainian intelligence pointing, in part, to Moscow’s “own incompetence.”
“Because of this, the Kremlin command throws everyone into the assault – the wounded, the seriously ill, cooks, drivers, signalers, drone operators and others,” the defense service said in a press release.
It’s estimated nearly 1 million Russian troops have been killed or wounded since the start of the war in February 2022 — with some even going as far as shooting each other to inflict non-fatal wounds to be relieve of their duties.
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