Who said russian aircraft were planning to, quote, level everything to the ground. reporter: cnn cannot vouch for the authenticity, but the sbu has previously released audio from intercepted radio traffic with russian soldiers discussing killing and raping civilians. both allegations of war crimes by russian troops. a tendency of russian troops to use unsecured communications in ukraine. for now a ukrainian commander says russian forces are, quote, willingly bombing and shelling the plant, a sprawling complex in mariupol southeast that once employed more than 10,000 people. it s unclear how many ukraine forces are at the site. but one commander says the russians are using free fall bomb, rockets, bunker buster
Planning to, quote, level everything to the ground. reporter: cnn cannot vouch for the authenticity, but the sbu has previously released audio from intercepted radio traffic revealing russian soldiers discussing killing and raping civilians, bolstering allegations of war crimes by russian troops. military observers have also noted a tendency of russian troops to use unsecured communications in ukraine. for now a ukrainian commander says russian forces are, quote, willingly bombing and shelling the plant, a sprawling complex in mariupol southeast that once employed more than 10,000 people. it s unclear how many ukraine forces are at the site. but one commander says the russians are using free fall bombs, rockets, bunker buster
Now a chilling new threat has emerged. security service of ukraine, or sb you were, on tuesday released a purported intercept of a russian ground commander who said russian aircraft were, quote, planning to level everything to the ground. reporter: cnn cannot vouch for the then tis at this of the recording about, you thisser discussing killing and raping civilians, bolstering allegations of war crime by russian troops. military observers have noted a tendency of russian troops to use unsecured communications in ukraine. for now, a ukrainian commander says russian forces are, quote, willingly bombing and shelling the plant. a sprawling complex in mariupol southeast that once employed more than 10,000 people.