“We are surrounded. I’m calling to say goodbye.” They published a recording of a wiretapped phone call of a Russian soldier from Lyman – Denník N

Ukrainian intelligence has published a recording of a wiretapped phone call between a Russian soldier from Lyman and his wife. “We are surrounded. I’m calling to say goodbye,” he says in the interview. The woman asks the soldier, who called despite being banned from using mobile phones, if they have been ordered to die, and then tries to calm him down. The Ukrainian military said today that it had surrounded Russian troops in Lyman, and estimated that there could be thousands of them. The army stated that it liberated five villages around the city: Jampil, Novoselivka, Šandryholove, Drobyševe and Stavky; they are now under “stabilization measures”. However, the operation to free Lyman is not over yet. The Ukrainian command has not announced the capture of the village of Torske, which, according to reports from both sides, is still being fought for. If the Ukrainian army occupies this village, then the Russian soldiers in Lyman will find themselves completely surrounded, the BBC noted. (čtk) Recording of a wiretapped phone call of a Russian soldier from Lyman (telegram)