As the Ukrainian counteroffensive continues in the east and south of the country, footage is coming in from Kherson region, recently annexed by Russia, showing three Russian soldiers surrendering to Ukrainian forces.
In a six minute video that Telegraph had access, you can see the tank, from which a white canvas hangs, approaches and stops near the position where the Ukrainian military is located. An order follows for the Russians to get out of the tank, which they quickly follow.
When the men go out with their hands behind their heads, lying on the ground, they are surrounded by Ukrainians who advance towards them in heavy weapons and search them. The surrender appears to have been orchestrated at a time when Ukraine set up a hotline to receive calls for help from Russians who do not want to continue fighting.
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It is reported that thousands of Russians have already reached out to the “I want to live” hotline to learn how to give up. This was stated by the official representative of the Ukrainian intelligence, Andrei Yusov, in an interview with the Svoboda TV channel. over the past few weeks they have already received 2000 calls. Among the callers, many have recently been drafted to Ukraine, but there are also callers from Russians who have not yet been mobilized.
“They call and ask: “What should I do if they call me? What do I need to do? How can I give up? ”, Yusov explained, quoting Ukrainian Pravda. He also mentioned that the number of applications has increased due to the counter-offensive of Ukraine in the Kharkiv region. Ukraine promises that Russians who lay down their arms will be treated in a civilized manner in accordance with the Geneva Conventions.
