Monday, July 22, 2024 - 12 Russian soldiers have reportedly died with 30 others hospitalized after eating watermelons poisoned by Ukrainian resistance fighters in an occupied city.
According to local media reports, Putin's troops based in
the Russian-occupied city of Mariupol received the melons from
unwitting Russian locals, who received them from the city's partisan groups.
The Ukrainian 24 Kanal outlet said the watermelons had been
given to local resistance fighters who passed them on to the Russians who then
sold them to the Russian soldiers.
Following the deaths, a Ukrainian resistance group posted:
'That's for you, guys! Thank you for protecting us.'
Pyotr Andryushchenko, an adviser to the exiled mayor of
Mariupol, Vadym Boychenko, said: 'The resistance movement is actively
fighting.'
He added that Russians who had moved to the occupied
territories had been hired to deliver the poisoned fruit.
He said: 'Our people [Ukrainians] do not directly
participate in the delivery of such dangerous 'gifts' to the Russians.
'There are always people who come en masse from Russia and
want to make money. That is, they want to trade something.
'The operation was simple. It was clear that watermelons
were being purchased for a military base.
'It was clear who was going to supply these watermelons.
These people were sold a batch of watermelons at a low price, which then caused
the intended damage.'
Mariupol was captured after a three-month battle following
Moscow's attack on Ukraine in 2022.
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