A phone conversation between a Russian soldier and his wife intercepted by Ukrainians reveals the morale of Moscow troops during the destruction of a Russian tank column near Vugledar in February. In this call, a Russian soldier tells his wife that “so many of our guys got burned in the tanks,” according to milblogger Dmitri of War Translated.

Russia suffered catastrophic losses when its armored vehicles were ambushed by Ukrainian killer drones in VugledarPhoto: Not provided / WillWest News / Profimedia

Answering her question about the supply of equipment, he says that it is all stolen, and the residents of Donbas (separatists) are like a bunch of criminals interested in their business.

He also mentions the 70th regiment, which was one of the first to enter Ukraine in February-March last year, an “elite” unit that suffered colossal losses and was abandoned by contractors.

Now the regiment is threatened with the removal of the flag.

At the end of February this year, assaults in the Vugledar area resulted in huge losses of Russian troops, both soldiers and armored vehicles, most of which belonged to the elite forces of Vladimir Putin’s army.

The video, analyzed by an analyst of the OSINT community, shows that about 100 units of armored vehicles entered the battle there, which were destroyed by the defense forces of Kyiv.

Ukraine’s armed forces have reportedly destroyed “almost the entire brigade” of 155 Marines during the fighting in Vugledar in the Donetsk region, Politico reported, citing Ukrainian military officer Oleksiy Dmytrashkivskyi. This is the third destruction of a Navy brigade since the beginning of the war.

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