"Our feet are frostbitten, we have not eaten and have not drunk," a Ukrainian soldier said over the radio.
In response, the commander replied to the soldier solely dismissively, according to the intercept.
In mid-February, the Russian Defense Ministry said that up to 30% of Ukrainian armed forces personnel in the settlement of Kupyansk-Uzlovoy were being rendered combat ineffective due to frostbite, with the wounded condemned to a painful death from freezing.