Vladimir Putin's army hit by a cholera outbreak

The military movement Atesh, made up of Ukrainians and Crimean Tatars, confirmed via its Telegram channel that dozens of Russian troops have been admitted to hospital with the deadly bacterial infection.

The sources added that several soldiers have already died as a result of the outbreak following the destruction of the Kakhovka dam earlier this month.

Atesh wrote on the channel: "Entire units from the Kherson direction located along the North Crimean Canal (have lost) their combat capability and are taken to the rear for treatment. Several Russian soldiers died."

The group believes that the outbreak is due to Russian troops using water "from open sources" as "there are difficulties with the delivery of bottled or simply purified water to the occupiers" due to the flooding.

They continued: "Naturally, the explosion of the Kakhovka dam caused enormous damage to nature, revealing many diseases that we will hear about.

"We urge the residents of the Kherson region and the Crimea to be especially attentive to the water you (consume)."

Cholera has a less than one per cent mortality rate when treated properly but kills between 50 per cent and 60 per cent of the people it infects if left untreated.

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