Video of Russian military rescuing wounded Ukrainian soldiers in Donbass appears

A new video circulating on social media shows Russian soldiers discovering and rescuing a wounded Ukrainian soldier trapped in a dangerous area near a key city in the Donbass region.

The nearly two-minute clip, posted by Russian war correspondent Dmitry Zimenkin on November 26, shows the incident taking place near the frontline village of Kleshcheevka, about 10 kilometers southwest of the Donbass city of Artyomovsk (Bakhmut). This area has been controlled by the Russian military since spring this year.

The video shows Russian soldiers operating in a heavily wooded area. One Russian soldier orders a Ukrainian soldier lying dozens of meters away to stand up and raise his hands. “ You move, I will shoot you ,” another Russian soldier says as he gets closer, then orders the Ukrainian soldier to crawl toward them.

The Russian soldier continued to ask: “ How many people are in this area? Two? How far? Twenty meters? Are they going to shoot? ” The Ukrainian soldier’s reply was inaudible. The Russian soldier then ordered the Ukrainian soldier to “ crawl towards them yourself ,” the Russian soldier added.

Images captured by reporters from the battlefield.

However, the Ukrainian soldier could not obey the order due to his wound, the Russian soldier who was filming the clip stood up, cautiously approached the opponent who was wounded in the leg and asked the Ukrainian soldier to hold the barrel of the gun so he could be pulled away. “ It really hurts, ” the Ukrainian soldier said about his leg which was bleeding profusely.

Because the Ukrainian soldier could not hold the rifle firmly, the Russian soldier used his hands to pull the Ukrainian soldier who was screaming in pain out of the danger zone, another Russian soldier also came to support the Ukrainian soldier.

In a post with a video on the Telegram platform, reporter Zimenkin said he would share what happened next, adding that the Ukrainian soldier would be questioned.

The Russian Defense Ministry regularly reports on captured Ukrainian soldiers and shares their interrogations. Some Ukrainian soldiers say they voluntarily surrendered to the Russian military.

In late September, TASS quoted an unnamed Russian official as saying that about 10,000 Ukrainian servicemen had surrendered to the Russian army since mid-summer this year. The Ukrainian soldiers used special radio frequencies to communicate with Russian units and said they no longer wanted to fight for the Ukrainian army.

According to Russia Today, the morale of Ukrainian forces is wavering since the source of weapons and financial aid from the US has been limited.

Le Hung (Source: Russia Today)

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