A Russian soldier has reportedly handed himself and his tank over to Ukrainian troops for a reward of $10,000 (£7,500) and Ukrainian citizenship.
According to Ukrainian Minister of Internal Affairs Victor Andrusiv, Misha (not real names) was one of President Vladimir Putin’s invading soldiers, but he has now surrendered a T-72B3 main battle tank after his two other crewmates escaped home and his commanding officer threatened to shoot him.
Andrusiv said Misha had contacted Ukraine‘s national police by phone and arranged a place to meet but Ukraine had to be careful and send in a drone with camera to meet the soldier just to be sure it wasn’t an ambush.
He said: ‘For a few weeks in the National Police we have identified the phones used by Russians.
‘On these phones, we regularly send SMS about how to surrender and hand over the equipment.
‘A few days ago, Misha called us.
‘We handed over the information about him to the GUR MO [Ukrainian military intelligence].
‘He didn’t see the point of war.
