Powerful Images: Russian Soldier’s Desperate Plea to Ukrainian Army in the Midst of Battleground Chaos

2023-06-18 11:41:00

Left to himself in the middle of the bodies of his colleagues, a Russian soldier begs the pity of the Ukrainian army. The images are striking.

Published on 2023-06-18 at 1:41 p.m. – Updated 2023-06-18 at 1:43 p.m.

A Russian soldier surrenders to the Ukrainian army near Bakhmout | WSJ ©WSJ

Ruslan Anitin is a Russian soldier. Deployed in the trenches around Bakhmout, his battalion was wiped out by Ukrainian troops. He is the last man standing when a drone stalks him. The man is injured and exhausted.

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