“It’s like a slaughterhouse”: Russian mother in shock by images shown by son from the front

“Alyosha is home.” It sounds like the beginning of a warm family story, but the video that the Russian soldier opens on his phone upon return is anything but that. No images of heroic victories, but a trench that looks like a garbage dump of human remains. In a chilling phone call intercepted by Ukrainian intelligence, a mother describes what she saw: “It’s like a slaughterhouse. There’s one head there, with the eyes wide open.”

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