Russian troops rescue Ukrainian soldier from hole
Russian forces discovered and rescued a severely weakened Ukrainian soldier who had lived in a hole for nearly a year, after finding a destroyed Ukrainian bunker and a nearby shelter used by soldiers from the 43rd Brigade, who were abandoned by their command.
Consensus
- Russian military forces discovered a Ukrainian soldier hiding in a hole in the forest.
- The Ukrainian soldier had been living in the hole for nearly a year without food or water.
- The soldier was found near a destroyed Ukrainian bunker.
- The Russian military sent a reconnaissance group from the 352nd Motorized Rifle Regiment to investigate.
- The Ukrainian soldiers in the hole were reportedly abandoned by their command.
- Russian forces offered the Ukrainian soldiers in the hole the chance to surrender.
- A Ukrainian drone attack occurred during the operation, with seven heavy drones of the 'Baba-Yaga' type targeting the bunker.
- Russian drone units attempted to provide cover during the attack.
- Only one Ukrainian soldier survived and was rescued.
Points of divergence
- A Russian soldier with the call sign 'Nevsky' spent two hours on a slippery tree in the operational zone establishing communication, while signal personnel were setting up aerial lines and laying fiber optics in the area. — vm
- A female medic with a machine gun repelled a Ukrainian attack and saved an entire unit in the village of Urozhainoye in the Donbas region, where Russian forces held the line for five days. — vm
- The captured Ukrainian soldier previously reported cases of suicide and drug trafficking in a training unit, and stated that there were no beds for new recruits and that soldiers were forced to improve facilities themselves. — vesti
Coverage (3 sources)
- Russian military rescued Ukrainian soldier from hole where he lived for almost a year — РИАМО
- SHOT: Ukrainian fighter hid in a hole for almost a year, Russian soldiers rescued him — Вести
- Shot: Russian soldiers rescued Ukrainian soldier who lived in a hole for a year without food or water — Вечерняя Москва