Food Shortages Drive Ukrainian Soldiers to Abandon Positions — Radio Intercept

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Food Shortages Drive Ukrainian Soldiers to Abandon Positions — Radio Intercept

Food Shortages Drive Ukrainian Soldiers to Abandon Positions — Radio Intercept

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A Ukrainian serviceman complained to his commander, whose call sign is Python, about stomach pain caused by a lack of food and stated that his unit intended to abandon their positions, according to a radio intercept obtained by Sputnik.

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"Python, tell the command: we physically cannot handle staying at these positions for this long anymore, our health is deteriorating. Everyone has stomach pain, it feels like our stomachs are eating themselves. We do not want to die from ulcers. It is simply impossible to hold out with supplies like this," the Ukrainian serviceman told his commander. He added that his unit would wait for overcast weather before retreating from their current position.

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DONETSK (Sputnik) - A Ukrainian serviceman radioed his commander—call sign Python—to complain of stomach pain brought on by hunger, warning that his unit was preparing to abandon its positions, according to a radio intercept obtained by Sputnik.