

Thousands of Russian soldiers have called a Ukrainian hotline set up to help those who wish to surrender, Ukrainian officials have claimed.Īndriy Yusov, a spokesman for Ukraine's military intelligence, said some 2,000 people had called the "I Want To Live" hotline in recent weeks.
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It could lead to a loss of trust."įrancis Scarr, who monitors Russian state TV for the BBC, tweeted this clip. But they can see it's not considered necessary to tell them, even some of the truth, let alone all of it.

But people know and this is where the main problem begins. "We've shot down 10 shells, hit 50 targets and eliminated hundreds of Nazis and nothing else. "The defence ministry updates virtually don't change in terms of their content. "Our Russian town of Valuyki, a fortress town by the way, is under constant fire but we learn about this from all sorts of people, from the regional director, from the directors of the Telegram channels, from our war correspondents Referring to the current situation, he added: "Virtually every border village in the Belgorod region has been destroyed.

He said in 1941, updates from the government alerted those in the nation that the "situation was difficult" and made them "aware of the danger in our homeland". In an interview with Russian television, the former army general said the government needed to "stop lying" to its people and referred to military updates the Kremlin has previously issued during the Second World War when the German army made their way towards Russia. The Kremlin's defence ministry must stop lying in its daily updates on the war, Russian MP Andrei Kartapolov has said in another sign of cracks appearing in Vladimir Putin's propaganda machine. In addition to this, the Russian leader ordered the Russian state to seize control of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station, which is still being run by Ukrainian engineers despite being captured by Russian forces during the early stages of the war. Regions - indirectly acknowledging the challenges it faces to He also said Russia would stabilise the situation in the In at least half a century - though of course none of this has been recognised internationally. Region into Russia in the biggest expansion of Russian territory The Luhansk People's Republic, Kherson region and Zaporizhzhia Yesterday, Vladimir Putin signed laws admitting the Donetsk People's Republic, The footage provided by the Belarusian media channel Nexta (below) shows the damage to residential buildings in the area and rescue teams at the scene.įor context: The city of Zaporizhzhia is one of the four Ukrainian regions "annexed" by Russia. Among them is a three-year-old girl, the child is being taken care of.

"At least five people are under the rubble of buildings," he said. Mr Starukh wrote on the Telegram messaging app that one woman had died in the shelling and another person was on the way to the hospital as a result of seven Russian strikes. "Therefore, Russia currently has few additional, high quality rapidly deployable forces available to stabilise the front: it likely aims to deploy mobilised reservists to the sector," the report adds.Īt least two people have been killed after Russian forces shelled Ukraine's southeastern city of Zaporizhzhia, the region's governor Oleksandr Starukh has said. Russia has also committed the majority of its severely undermanned airborne forces to the defence of Kherson. With limited routes available to them, Russia "faces a dilemma" and while they could withdraw their forces, the "political imperative will be to remain and defend".
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The update goes on to say the damaged river crossing over the Dnipro in this area "remains one of the few routes available for them to resupply forces". Meanwhile, Russian forces have "typically broken contact and withdrawn" and Kremlin commanders are "likely" to see the growing threat to the Nova Kakhovka region in southern Ukraine as one of their most "pressing concerns". The soldiers were able to make gains along the east bank of the Inhulets and west bank of the Dnipro but are "not yet threatening the main Russian defensive positions". In its report, the ministry states that Ukrainian troops began a new phase of offensive operation in the southern port city of Kherson on 2 October and were able to push through 20km. The UK's Ministry of Defence (MoD) has released its latest update on the crisis in Ukraine.
