At least 12 Russian soldiers have died after eating poisoned watermelons supplied by Ukrainian resistance fighters in the occupied southeast city of Mariupol.
Russian troops started the siege of Mariupol on February 24, 2022 and captured it after a three-month battle that reduced most of the city to ruins.
Since then, local partisans have been involved in a number of sabotage actions, including sabotaging railways and burning warehouses with Russian supplies.
Referring to the “watermelon incident,” Pyotr Andryushchenko, an adviser to the mayor of Mariupol, added that in Mariupol “the resistance movement is actively fighting.”
“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 the watermelons were bought by soldiers at a [Russian] military base. It was clear who supplied these watermelons. A crate of watermelons was sold cheaply,” Andryushchenko told the Ukrainian Channel 24.
He said that in addition to the 12 Russian soldiers who died as a result of watermelon poisoning, 30 servicemen suffered severe poisoning and had been admitted to the hospital.
This is not the first time such an incident occurred, the official said. A few months earlier, four Russian soldiers were killed by alcohol poisoning, Andryushchenko recalled.
Since then, local partisans have been involved in a number of sabotage actions, including sabotaging railways and burning warehouses with Russian supplies.
Referring to the “watermelon incident,” Pyotr Andryushchenko, an adviser to the mayor of Mariupol, added that in Mariupol “the resistance movement is actively fighting.”
“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 the watermelons were bought by soldiers at a [Russian] military base. It was clear who supplied these watermelons. A crate of watermelons was sold cheaply,” Andryushchenko told the Ukrainian Channel 24.
He said that in addition to the 12 Russian soldiers who died as a result of watermelon poisoning, 30 servicemen suffered severe poisoning and had been admitted to the hospital.
This is not the first time such an incident occurred, the official said. A few months earlier, four Russian soldiers were killed by alcohol poisoning, Andryushchenko recalled.
Source: polskieradio24.pl
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