After being poisoned by Ukrainian delicacies supplied to them by residents near besieged Kharkiv, two Russian soldiers died and 28 were hospitalized.

After the poisoning, another 28 Russian servicemen are in intensive care, with hundreds more suffering from’severe diseases’ as a result of drinking poisoned vodka handed to them by locals.

After failing to encircle Kyiv in the first six weeks of the war, Russia is said to be writing off the troops as “non-combat casualties” as it refocuses its military effort on fighting in the Donbas region of east Ukraine.

The act of sabotage is the latest in a campaign of civilian warfare waged by Ukrainians in defiance of Russian attempts to take control of their towns.

In the next weeks, further battle is expected in Izium as Putin frantically tries to turn his fortunes around following a disastrous start to his invasion of Ukraine.

It is a strategically important town for Russia since it would allow troops to utilize it as a base for long-term attacks into the Donbass and would allow Putin to replenish his forces  with the town being near to the Russian border.

Control of the city would allow Russian forces to cooperate with those fighting in the Donbas region further south, splitting the eastern front and isolating Ukraine’s southern forces from those battling in the north.

Following the Russian retreat, numerous graves of civilian victims were uncovered on the outskirts of Kyiv, according to reports.

Russian military allegedly ‘booby-trap bodies and kill civilians while retreating from seized Kyiv region,’ according to Ukrainians.

In a cellar, territorial defense forces discovered the mutilated bodies of 18 people, including women and children as young as 14.

The horrific photographs of dead scattered across the streets of Bucha, a commuter town retaken by Ukrainian forces on Friday, have surfaced.

Control of the city would allow Russian forces to cooperate with those fighting in the Donbas region further south, splitting the eastern front and isolating Ukraine’s southern forces from those battling in the north.

Following the Russian retreat, numerous graves of civilian victims were uncovered on the outskirts of Kyiv, according to reports.

Russian military allegedly ‘booby-trap bodies and kill civilians while retreating from seized Kyiv region,’ according to Ukrainians.

In a cellar, territorial defense forces discovered the mutilated bodies of 18 people, including women and children as young as 14.

The horrific photographs of dead scattered across the streets of Bucha, a commuter town retaken by Ukrainian forces on Friday, have surfaced.