The intercepted radio messages indicate that troops are refusing to obey central command orders to shell Ukrainian towns. Pictured: A captured Russian soldier.
An unknown Ukrainian soldier bravely fiddled with a gun as he stood in a dark place grinning at the camera and recorded his message to the enemy in their native tongue.
Footage posted online purported to show the tail end of a missile strike on the Russian military s airbase around 10am local time (8am GMT) with several buildings on the site engulfed in flames.
Few expect it to emerge victorious from what is almost certain to be a prolonged, bloody, and vicious war - but so far, Kiev s forces have managed to inflict heavy losses on Putin s troops.
Troops are already closing in on the seat of Ukrainian power after taking control of the strategic Chernobyl nuclear power plant today, and will seize it within 96 hours, officials said.