- Ukrainian women are using online profiles to lure in Russian soldiers, The Times reported.
- The soldiers often share crucial information about the war with the women, they told The Times.
- The women, who say they feel no remorse, pass on the information to the Ukrainian military.
Ukrainian women are using dating profiles with AI images to trick Russian soldiers into giving away military secrets, The Times reported on Wednesday.
A woman identified only as Angelina told the publication that since the start of Russia's invasion last year, she has been using online dating apps to target Russian soldiers operating in occupied bored areas in Ukraine.
Angelina said she uses AI-generated profile pictures and a pseudonym to lure in men posting pictures in military uniform online.
The soldiers, she said, constantly reveal information about the state of the Russian army, which she then passes on to the Ukrainian military.
"We're looking for information about the number of troops, information on the amount of military equipment, the success or lack of success of some attacks, their problems with food and equipment," she told The Times.
Some of the information she has received includes photos of a military passport and videos of soldiers driving, which she can then use to track their location.
Angelina's colleague, a Ukrainian woman who uses the pseudonym Masha, told the Times that she tries to avoid men who are particularly "horny" because they are "less likely he is to talk about anything else."
Both women often make fun of the soldiers, who they refer to as "orcs" — a name Ukrainians commonly use to describe Russians during the war.
"I chatted with Maxim Korneev for a couple of months, this simple guy with a round face. He makes loads of mistakes in his messages — it's unusual to meet someone who writes like this who is not a child," Angelina joked, according to The Times.
"He was responsible for training, he went on trips to train mobilized soldiers in the Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics. He told me that army benefits had actually been cut since the start of the war, rather than increased [as Putin says]."
Another soldier asked Angelina to marry him, screenshots shared with The Times show. The soldier tried to persuade her by saying that she could win his compensation if he deliberately gets wounded in the war.
Angelina, whose brother fought and died in the war last year, said she feels no sympathy for the soldiers.
"I hope what we do means something bad happens to them," she said.
Helping the war effort in this way is not unusual in Ukraine. An OnlyFans-inspired group in Ukraine has been selling nude pictures of themselves to fundraise for their armed forces, Insider previously reported.