Russian forces face food shortages, Main Intelligence Directorate intercepts call
Photo: Main Intelligence Directorate highlights the dire psychological state of Russian troops at the front (Getty Images)
The Main Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense intercepted a conversation in which a Russian serviceman expresses readiness for cannibalism due to food shortages in the Zaporizhzhia direction, according to the Main Intelligence Directorate’s post on Facebook.
"A new episode of horror from the positions of Russian forces in Zaporizhzhia. Due to food shortages, the occupiers are sharpening knives and preparing to eat younger accomplices," the intelligence agency said in a statement.
In the released recording, an occupier can be heard expressing readiness to kill a comrade and saying that he and others are looking for someone young.
"I’ve sharpened my knives, I don’t care who I cut - I want to eat," the Russian serviceman says.
Cannibalism is becoming an increasingly common phenomenon among Russian soldiers.
For example, in June this year, it emerged that a serviceman of the 68th Motor Rifle Division of the Russian Armed Forces allegedly consumed his fellow soldier over two weeks.
The Main Intelligence Directorate reminds that Russian prisoners of war in Ukraine are provided with meals three times a day. Those wishing to surrender voluntarily can contact the "I Want to Live" project bot.
Previously, Ukrainian intelligence also released an intercepted conversation among Russian servicemen that confirmed cases of cannibalism in the Russian army. In that recording, a Russian soldier said that one serviceman who had been considered missing was eaten by a "comrade."
According to the latest data from the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Russian forces lost another 1,090 soldiers on the battlefield over the past day.
