Russian Soldier Breaks Down In Tears After Speaking To His Mom As He Surrenders’ To Ukrainians

A video has sent the internet into a frenzy, and it’s that of a Russian soldier who broke down in tears as he spoke to his mother on the phone after surrendering to Ukrainians. The young fighter from Vladimir Putin’s forces was seen being comforted by a group of women after throwing down his weapon. One of the women was heard saying, “everything is OK,” while patting him on the back. 

The soldier was then seen drinking and eating a pasty as another woman offered him a phone. As his mom answers his call, he blows her kisses & bursts into tears. 

One among the women was also heard speaking down the phone, saying: “Natasha, God be with you. We will call you later. He is alive and healthy.”

A male voice off-camera also stated: “These young men, it’s not their fault. They don’t know why they are here. They are using old maps; they are lost.” The emotional clip shared on Twitter also shared as local Ukrainians welcomed the soldier with food after his reported surrender. It had been captioned: “Russian soldiers, surrender, Ukrainian people will feed you, just surrender.”

Russian soldier has surrendered and got cried when he was on the face call with his mom.
Russian soldiers, surrender, Ukrainian people will feed you, just surrender.#Ukraine #UkraineUnderAttack #UkraineWar #UkraineRussiaWar #StandWithUkraine pic.twitter.com/5rmQbE4dZi

— IamWithUkraine (@UkraineIam) March 2, 2022

The clip has since gone viral in both Ukraine and Russia, with many applauding the compassion shown by the Ukrainian women towards the man who had been ordered to invade their country.

A few people pointed out the young man is like many Russian soldiers that Ukraine’s forces have captured. 

This comes as the Ukrainian Ministry of Defence said Russian mothers could come to Kyiv and collect their sons who had been taken as prisoners. In a post on social media, officials provided an email address and phone number that could be used to find out if a soldier was in captivity or had died. And if any parent would want to collect their child, they would have to get to Kaliningrad or Minsk in Belarus before taking a taxi to the Polish border, where they could then be escorted to a handover point.

Due to Russian forces either fleeing battle or surrendering to Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelensky claimed the morale of Vladimir Putin’s forces is constantly deteriorating and added his troops have since killed an estimated 9000 invaders. 

“We are a nation that broke the enemy’s plans in a week. Plans written for years: sneaky, full of hatred for our country, our people. Our military, our board guards, our territorial defence, even ordinary farmers capture the Russian military every day,” he said in a video, similar to several others he has previously recorded during the war. 

He added: “All captives say only one thing: they do not know why they are here. Despite the fact that there are dozens of times more than them, the morale of the enemy is constantly deteriorating.”

Zelensky, who has drawn praise from the international community for his leadership since the invasion, has also accused Russian troops of looting out desperation for food and supplies. He claimed Ukrainian civilians had driven Putin’s soldiers out of grocery stores as they searched for food, saying: “These are not warriors of the superpower, these are confused children who were used. They will not have peace here, they will not have food here, they will not have a single quiet moment here.”

“The occupiers will receive only one thing from Ukraine – a rebuff, a worth rebuff. They will remember that we do not give up.”

#Russia`n conscripts surrender to #Ukraine peasants.

Ukrainian: “If you want to life surrender. If you do anything funny I will shoot you.”

Russian: We don’t want to fight, we’re shocked that our superiors are telling us to kill Ukrainians.”#Turpo pic.twitter.com/GA9COPFPxo

— Antti Eskelinen (@eskelinen_antti) February 26, 2022