KEY POINTS

  • The Security Service of Ukraine intercepted a call between an occupier and his wife
  • The woman expressed shock after hearing Russian tanks are not responding to the attacks
  • The soldier then clarified saying: "They start hitting you 3-4 kilometres away. Where will you shoot at with the tank?"

The Russian forces are reportedly concerned about the new weapons supplied to the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which can strike long distance targets, an intercepted call between an occupier and his wife revealed, according to the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU).

"They are sitting, drinking coffee, pressing buttons, and they are throwing shells at you. And you are running around like a motherf-------. We have already had so many tanks burned out here, so much equipment... And our motherf------ can't even hit them, can't calculate them," the occupier was heard saying during the call.

The wife of the occupier expressed her shock after hearing the Russian tanks were not responding to the attacks. The soldier clarified saying: "They start hitting you 3-4 kilometers away. Where will you shoot at with the tank?" Pravda reported

Earlier this week, Oleksii Danilov, the Secretary of the National Security and Defence Council, said the advantage in the Russian army’s numbers was getting affected by Ukrainian missile and artillery accuracy.

"Numeric advantage of the Russian army is levelled by Ukrainian missile and artillery accuracy. Western weapons supplied to the Armed Forces of Ukraine are already changing the course of the war. And we are only just getting started!" Danilov wrote on Twitter.

He added the "demoralization, demilitarization and retreat" are the results of the latest high-precision strikes on "command posts, machinery and ammunition depots of the ruscists."

Earlier this month, Russian President Vladimir Putin, who began the war against Ukraine in February, claimed its army was "only just getting started."

"Today we hear that they want to defeat us on the battlefield. What can you say, let them try. We have heard many times that the West wants to fight us to the last Ukrainian. This is a tragedy for the Ukrainian people, but it seems that everything is heading towards this," he said at the time, according to the Guardian. "Everyone should know that, by and large, we haven’t started anything yet in earnest. At the same time, we don’t reject peace talks. But those who reject them should know that the further it goes, the harder it will be for them to negotiate with us."

A view of a damaged building and a car at the site of a Russian military strike, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, in Vinnytsia, Ukraine July 14, 2022.
A view of a damaged building and a car at the site of a Russian military strike, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, in Vinnytsia, Ukraine July 14, 2022. Reuters / VALENTYN OGIRENKO