Dnipro River 'Full Of Corpses': Russian Soldier Tells Wife About Losses In Ukraine War

A Russian soldier opened up about the losses in the Ukraine war and the suffering his comrades faced in the Kherson region in an intercepted call.

The invader said several lives have been lost, while adding the Dnipro River was "now full of corpses."

The phone call between the soldier and his wife was intercepted by Ukraine's defense intelligence. In a statement, the Main Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine's Defense Ministry said the soldier told his wife about the strikes inflicted by Kyiv's Armed Forces and the resulting casualties.

"Our fighter jet took off and never returned. It must have been downed. We were hit two times after they tracked my phone signal. As twelve vehicles were being moved by pontoon crossing, everyone there got hit badly. This Dnipro River is now full of corpses," the serviceman is heard saying, according to the statement.

He also said the Russian supply routes in the Kherson direction have been hampered, following several strikes in the region.

"All the bridges are down, we're in a total mess here. The guys are crossing over by ferries," said the Russian invader.

Earlier, the Ukrinform reported, citing the Security Service of Ukraine, the Russian army no longer expects to win the war, which began on Feb. 24. According to the new intercept, Russian soldiers only wish to get out of the battlefield alive.

Just a few months after the war began, Ukraine's intelligence intercepted several calls between Russian soldiers and their families, in which the former complained about the situation in the war and how they were desperate to return home.

In another recent call, a Russian soldier deployed to the war in Ukraine told his family he was mulling over whether he should kill his own commander to flee the battlefield alive.

The Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine released a recording of an intercepted phone call.

"We are behind Izium, in Komyshuvakha. We have no cover, nothing. They can't get us out of here. And the commander's office just tells us to go and fight. We have 60 tanks here, scores of infantry, artillery is working, but no one knows their targets. Upon a first opportunity, it is better to flee home just to make it out of here alive," the soldier said.

In the call, the soldier also criticized his commander for letting their colleague die.

"The guy got shot in the liver and just died there in the mud," he said. "Anyway, we just have to take them out and get out of here."

It is unclear when or where the phone calls were intercepted.