A Ukrainian drone initially locates a Russian soldier lying among bodies and drops a grenade nearby, which fails to kill him.
When the drone later returns to the trench, the injured soldier has crawled away from the grenade’s impact zone and is seen gazing at the sky. With his hands clasped in prayer, he seems to plead for his life from the drone operator, who shows mercy.
After dropping its grenades on the battlefield, the drone returns with a bottle of water and instructions on how the soldier can reach Ukrainian lines. The soldier crosses himself in thanks, drinks the water, and injects a painkiller into his left arm. Exhausted, he rests briefly before climbing out of the trench, navigating between bomb craters in No Man’s Land.
Guided by the drone operator, he traverses the battlefield, narrowly avoiding a shell explosion nearby. Subtitles in the video claim that Russian forces are firing at him.
Eventually, the soldier reaches a Ukrainian trench, where he surrenders to two soldiers who escort him to a command post. The video’s authenticity has not been independently verified, and it is unclear when or where it was filmed, though reports suggest it might be from the Donbas region, where the K-2 Battalion is stationed.
The footage has circulated on social media platforms like Telegram, with a running time of over 18 minutes. It could be part of a recruitment effort by the battalion, seeking to draw more Ukrainians to join the conflict.
