Russian soldier surrenders to Ukrainian drone outside Bakhmut

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A Russian soldier who was fighting in the trenches outside Bakhmut surrendered to Ukrainian forces and was led to safety by a drone piloted by the 92nd Separate Mechanised Brigade.

In a remarkable section of the footage, the soldier, who later identified himself in a clip as Ruslan Nikolaievich, tells the drone that he wants to give up the fight. The drone drops a note, written by the Ukrainians, telling him to follow the vehicle.

He then scrambles over the bodies of other Russian soldiers and out of the trench before coming under fire, presumably by his own men.

The soldier eventually makes it alive to the Ukrainian trench, removes his helmet and battle gear and gives himself up to the Ukrainians.

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