In an intercepted call posted by Ukraine, the Russian reportedly described fleeing from soldiers sent to take out his unit.
published audio this week of what it said was an intercepted phone call of a Russian soldier saying Moscow had sent troops to kill his unit deployed in Ukraine.
"Just two of us left alive. The rest are dead. We were all replaced by contract soldiers, and everyone in our company is now listed as MIA [missing in action]," the soldier said, according to a translation of the audio—whichalso said the"contract soldiers" discussed by the solider could be what are known as Russia's"barrier troops," which have been described as units tasked with enforcing military conduct rules.
"I don't know what to do," the soldier said."They've written us off a long time ago, and there's no way out from the zero line."
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