Russian Soldiers Reportedly Resort to Cannibalism During Vovchansk Plant Siege

Russian soldiers, blockaded in the Vovchansk Aggregate Plant reportedly ate stray dog meat and even parts of their fallen comrades, said commander of the “Stugna” unit, a special unit of Ukraine’s Main Intelligence Directorate (HUR), with the call sign “Linux,” in an interview with Liga.net on September 27.

Around 80 Russians, led by special forces officers from Russian military intelligence, were stationed at the blockaded facility. Most of the enemy group was destroyed, and around 20 Russian soldiers were taken prisoner.

The commanders of the trapped Russian troops, who were part of the Russian special forces, maintained discipline through total fear, violence, and executions.

Captured Russians told Ukrainian soldiers that several wounded Russian soldiers committed suicide because they had not received medical assistance for a long time, and their condition was deteriorating.

They added that hunger at the plant reached such extreme levels that the Russians killed and ate several stray dogs that were roaming the area.

According to the prisoners, they even considered eating livers of dead Russian soldiers. There is suspicion that they may have actually done this, as Ukrainian soldiers observed bodies of deceased Russians with pieces of flesh and various organs missing.

“A few days before we fully liberated the plant, two Russian soldiers were shot by their commanders for drinking ‘more water from a bottle than they were allowed’,” Linux added.

Earlier, Ukrainian special forces liberated Vovchansk Aggregate Plant in northern Kharkiv region.