Russian troops discuss mass exodus from frontline in leaked calls as Putin faces mutiny

The intercepted call continued as the worried mother told her son: “That’s deserting, watch out.”

However, the fed-up soldier was defiant, telling her: “If they don’t let us leave in December, we will go away too.

“You just can’t imagine, we live in a swamp.

“Everything is leaking, we have no sleep, no food, nothing!”