Arya News - Ukrainian soldiers are suffering from frostbite and food shortages in trenches in the Zaporozhye Region, according to a radio intercept obtained by Sputnik.
"Our feet are frostbitten, we have not eaten and have not drunk," a Ukrainian soldier said over the radio.In response, the commander replied to the soldier solely dismissively, according to the intercept. In mid-February, the Russian Defense Ministry said that up to 30% of Ukrainian armed forces personnel in the settlement of Kupyansk-Uzlovoy were being rendered combat ineffective due to frostbite, with the wounded condemned to a painful death from freezing.
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Ukrainian Soldiers Suffer Frostbite, Food Shortages in Zaporozhye Region
14:50 GMT 20.02.2026
© AP Photo / Andrii Marienko Ukrainian soldiers in Kharkiv region, Ukraine, on Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024.
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DONETSK (Sputnik) - Ukrainian soldiers are suffering from frostbite and food shortages in trenches in the Zaporozhye Region, according to a radio intercept obtained by Sputnik.
"Our feet are frostbitten, we have not eaten and have not drunk," a Ukrainian soldier said over the radio.
In response, the commander replied to the soldier solely dismissively, according to the intercept.
In mid-February, the Russian Defense Ministry said that up to 30% of Ukrainian armed forces personnel in the settlement of Kupyansk-Uzlovoy were being rendered combat ineffective due to frostbite, with the wounded condemned to a painful death from freezing.
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