In a conversation with an acquaintance, the Russian occupier, who is fighting against Ukraine, talked about the situation at the front.

The invader complains that the Armed Forces of Ukraine use armor-piercing shells against them, they do not have winter shoes and thermal imaging devices. 

This is stated in an intercepted conversation published by the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine. 

The Russian occupier, in a conversation with his friend, says that body armor does not help the invaders, because the Armed Forces use armor-piercing shells.

He adds that he does not even dream of winter shoes, since they will not be given anyway.

The Russian also says that even those who fought against Chechnya dream of escaping from Ukraine, as the situation here is much more complicated.

He notes that if they are given vacations, the Russians will do everything possible to invent some kind of illness. 

Also, the invader asks that his friend get him a thermal imager, because at night the Armed Forces successfully eliminate them. 

Intercepted conversations of the occupiers 

The SBU and military intelligence have been publishing intercepted conversations of the Russian occupiers since the beginning of the war.

The invaders openly admit to mass murders of Ukrainians, looting and complain about the state of affairs at the front. 

In Donetsk region, a conversation was intercepted in which a mobilized occupier complains to his mother about poor supplies and talks about mass desertion and his desire to escape.

Another invader admits to his wife that the command of the Russian troops is hiding the reasons for the deaths of those mobilized in the war, because a new wave of mobilization in the Russian Federation is ahead and riots in the army must be prevented.

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