(KYIV, UKRAINE) – Ukraine’s Defence Intelligence has released an intercepted radio conversation revealing how Russian commanders routinely use threats of personal violence to coerce their own soldiers into obedience. The audio recording, published by the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine on 24 April 2026, captures a senior Russian officer issuing menacing warnings to subordinates who had failed to follow orders. In the intercepted transmission, the commander is heard saying: “Listen to me carefully. If you do not do as I said, when I said it, I am telling you, I will refuse by your coordinates.…