The Ukrainian GUR intelligence agency said in a recent update that Russian troopers have declared ‘I don’t give a **** who I have to cut up’ during the invasion of ZaporizhzhiaRussian troops invading Zaporizhzhia region where Ukrainian military intelligence say they overhead hungry Putin troops discussing cannibalism.A radio broadcast intercept reportedly captured Russians saying they would cannibalise their allies(Image: Ria; e2w news)

Vladimir Putin’s starving troops have resorted to cannibalism, it has been claimed, after Ukrainian forces said they had intercepted a radio broadcast detailing their plans “to eat their younger comrades”.

Russian soldiers carrying out the despot’s illegal invasion are being continually dogged by food shortages as they’re locked in a bitter stalemate on the frontlines, with Ukrainian intelligence saying earlier this year that troopers are stumping up the costs themselves for vital supplies like gas canisters, meat, grains and cigarettes.

Ukraine ‘s GUR military intelligence has said the situation is particularly grave for soldiers invading the Zaporizhzhia region of Ukraine, who have now resorted to cannibalism.

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The spy agency said in its latest update: “Due to a lack of food, the occupiers are sharpening their knives and preparing to eat their younger comrades.”The agency added it had intercepted a radio broadcast that reportedly recorded a Russian soldier saying: “We’ll eat each other, it’s all ****ed up here.

“We’re already looking for someone younger. I’ve sharpened my knives. I don’t give a **** who I have to cut up. I just want to eat. **** everyone else.”

In another recording intercepted by the GUR, a Russian soldier was reportedly heard complaining about the lack of available supplies, saying: “Gas canisters are not issued, f**k. What we get is canned meat, grains, and cigarettes, and that’s it – nothing else. The rest we have to buy with our own money or people send it from home,” one could be heard saying.”

 Russia's President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting regarding the situation in the Kursk regionPutin has reportedly left his troops struggling without supplies(Image: POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

The GUR said: “Cannibalism is becoming a common practice among Russian soldiers. In June this year, it became known that a serviceman of the 68th Motor Rifle Division of the Russian Armed Forces had been eating his ‘comrade’ for two weeks.”

In a message to Putin’s hungry troops, the Ukrainians said: “The Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine reminds [you that] Russian prisoners of war in Ukraine are fed three times a day.” They were given instructions on how to safely surrender.

Separately, footage has appeared of Ukraine’s new defensive lines in Zaporizhzhia region to prevent Putin’s troops taking more territory. Kyiv’s defence minister Denys Shmyhal said: “Work on the construction of fortifications continues in all front-line regions.”

Footage shows a T-62 Russian tank dragging a sea container across a field for 'military purposes'Russian forces have started using sea containers for protection, new pictures show(Image: social media; east2west news)

Across the frontline regions he said: “The forces of the State Special Transport Service have already built 2,130 platoon strongholds, around 1,864 miles of anti-tank ditches, more than 621 miles of barricade pyramids, about 9,942 miles of Egoza [razor wire] barrier lines and roughly 2,672 miles of low-visibility obstacles.”

Meanwhile, Russian forces have started using metal sea containers as protection for tanks in one of the more bizarre innovations of the war.

This is seen as offering protection from Ukrainian aerial drone strikes. Footage shows the tanks on patrol on the frontline with the fitted sea containers. A tank is also seen dragging a container across a field to deploy for “military purposes”.