Russians left with frostbites and bombed by own plane in 'circus military operation'

dailystar.co.uk:

Russian soldiers are suffering from frostbites after being left to survive without any tents or medical supplies, according to an intercepted call from a soldier.

During a phone call believed to be obtained by the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) a soldier compared Russia's military operation to a "f***ing circus" and said they thought it was going to be a "victory parade." The chilling exchange was uploaded onto Reddit, which heard the man tell the person on the phone that some troops didn't even have the correct armour.He went on to say that they were even bombed by their own plane and said they are trapped in the city of Nikolayev as they are "surrounded" by Ukrainian forces.The soldier said that he spoke to medics about frostbites and they said they "only have bandages for the wounded"."Let me tell you - 50% of our troops suffer from leg frostbites," he said on the phone."We've arrived here and it was freezing.

We expected to arrive with four M-30 tents and we've only ended up with only one."They didn't even give us any heat stoves."We dug up some trenches and that's where we live."In response, the person on the other end of the call asked who was in charge and he said it was someone named Ryazantsev.He continued: "It was the 4th day [of arrival] and you know what he said: 'It's no secret that this operation is going to be over in mere hours.'"And these 'mere hours' are still ticking!"The soldier added: "The boys who didn't even have any armour plates, only kevlar, came up to him.

They're like 'Tovarish general, look at our situation with armour vests.'"And he answers with 'steel yourself son' and f***s off into the distance.""I don't even f***ing know, this is a f***ing circus, not a military operation."We've.