Posted on 06/14/2023 12:06:07 PM PDT by dennisw
A Russian soldier desperate to survive after Ukrainian drones took out his entire unit used hand signals to surrender — before he was guided across enemy lines by the same drones that used explosives to kill his comrades.
Russian draftee Ruslan Anitin, 30, was one of the sole survivors of his platoon near the eastern city of Bakhmut on May 9 when drone and mortar attacks persisted for hours — and eventually led him to surrender.
Drone footage published by the Wall Street Journal shows Anitin standing up without his rifle and drawing his finger across his neck while shaking his head — using hand gestures to beg the Ukrainian pilots to spare his life if he surrendered.
When Anitin’s commander moved his unit to Bakhmut — as other troops retreated from the region — members of his unit “understood that they wanted to throw us into that meat grinder,” he told the Journal.
There in Bakhmut, a Wagner fighter warned the group: “If you refuse to execute a mission, you get shot. And if you try to retreat, you also get shot.”
Following an influx of small bombs being dropped on the trenches — and two other men in Anitin’s unit taking their own lives — Anitin was left on his own, and with a difficult decision to make.
By that afternoon he had no energy left, telling the Journal, “I thought I would end up staying in that trench forever.”
He decided to surrender.
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
No Roooskie wants to die in phony Tsar Putin’s war. Putin’s dumb war on Ukraine, that no one in Russia wanted.
Bakhmut ended 3 weeks ago. The Zelenskies lost.
shotgun, bye bye drone
No Roooskie wants to die
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No soldier wants to die. Dying for Putin or Zelensky or the collective West is what our corrupted leaders wish for….all three have much blood on their hands…and it’s not going to wash off.
Seems like all reporters these days hail from the girl-boss slayers sorority
These are little kids with zero journalistic ability. It’s almost like they grab a piece of news copy and then ask AI to give the 700 words. I’d give her 30 mins to put this on my desk, tops.
Meanwhile, another video reportedly showed several Ukrainian troops removing an injured soldier near a railroad track over to an area where there were trenches. Then, a Ukrainian armored vehicle rolls up and machine guns the trenches.
It was believed there was punishment for the Ukrainian foot soldiers deviating from their mission.
War is terrible. Wars of aggression must come to an end.
Strange attitude for a supposed pacifist.
“ War is terrible. Wars of aggression must come to an end.”
That’s exactly what Russia is trying to do. Our Deep State WEF NEO election thieving usurpers and the putz who sold his soul for power and money are using us and our money, and soon our sons and daughters, to start WWIII.
Just say “NO!”
Anecdotes! Git yer fresh hot anecdotes right here! 2 fer a buck!
Irrelevant, sexist statement, which is not surprising coming froma bigot like you.
Here's the actual video of the event.
Watch a Russian Soldier Surrender to a Ukrainian Drone in Bakhmut | WSJ
Munch on it hard...
That's mighty Biden of you.
Churchill
” war is bad “
” slavery’s worse “
the marxist - bolshevik - dem - nwo has got to go
It isn't that simple. The grenade dropping drones can be hundreds of feet up in the air, outside of shotgun range, and they are dropping grenades which can have a 20 foot kill/wound radius.
Once the drone operator gets above you he or she has a dramatic advantage.
You believe too much Russian propaganda. But maybe you can explain why the Russian soldiers in the video are shooting other Russian soldiers.
Supposedly the are "barrier troops" who are ordered to stop other soldiers from retreating.
I'm looking at independent sources. Maybe you should as well.
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