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The Ukrainian military says the Russian occupiers in Melitopol have run out of room to store their dead bodies after filling up a meatpacking plant turned morgue with corpses.ANATOLII STEPANOV/AFP via Getty Images
  • According to the Ukrainian military, the Russians turned a meatpacking plant into a mortuary.

  • The Ukrainian army says the plant has run out of space to hold dead soldiers.

  • The Russians searched frantically for industrial refrigerators.

The Russian army has run out of room to store their dead in the occupied city of Melitopol, according to the Ukrainians.

According to a press release from the intelligence division of the Ukrainian defense ministry, the Russians were looking for additional refrigerators to store the bodies of their dead soldiers after running out of space in a meat-packing plant.

There is an urgent need for additional freezers and industrial fridges. The city meat-packing plant, which was converted into a mortuary, is already full of the bodies of the dead.

The Russian ministry converted a meat packing plant into a mortuary in June, according to the Ukrainian government. According to the Ukrainians, the owners of the meat-packing plant were told that they would have to hand over the plant free of charge.

The Ukrainians said that the Russian bodies were being brought to the meat packing plant. According to the Ukrainians, these soldiers probably died in the fighting near the cities of Polohy and Huliaipole.

Heavy losses of the occupiers in manpower are associated with these events. The long-term storage of the bodies of those killed is due to the intentions of the Russian leadership.

Just a week ago, Putin ordered 134,500 conscripts to join the Russian army.

Russian forces took over the town in February. The city has been under the control of the Russians.

Russia's invasion of Ukraine went poorly after it lost many of its junior officers. The Ukrainian military said this week that one of its brigades destroyed an elite Russian unit after a 14-hour firefight.

Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the leader of the Ukrainians, said that Russia has lost at least 200 aircraft in the war.

Some 15,000 Russians are thought to have died in the invasion. More than 30,000 Russian personnel have been killed so far, according to the Defense Ministry.

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