Excitement As Russian Soldier Surrenders With TANK In Return For $10000 [PHOTO] – #UkraineRussiaWar—In a viral video, a Russian soldier has handed himself and his tank over to Ukrainian troops for a reward of $10,000 (£7,500) and a chance at Ukrainian citizenship.
Misha, one of alleged war criminal Vladimir Putin’s invading soldiers, surrendered in a T-72B3 main battle tank after his two other crewmates escaped home and his commanding officer threatened to shoot him.
Ukrainian Minister of Internal Affairs Victor Andrusiv said Misha had contacted Ukraine’s national police by phone and arranged a place to meet.
He said: ‘For a few weeks in the National Police 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.
‘Misha said that there was almost no food left, military management is chaotic and practically absent. Demoralization is colossal.
‘The Russians are giving up!’
The Ukrainian military selected a place for the soldier to surrender and used a drone fitted with a camera to make sure it wasn’t an ambush.
Special forces then detained Misha, who lay face-down on the with his hand up as he surrendered.
Mr Andrusiv added the Russian soldier will spend the remainder of the war as a prisoner in ‘comfortable conditions with a TV, phone, kitchen and shower’.
What is a T-72B3 main battle tank?
The T-72B3 main battle tank is a relatively new Russian upgrade of their old T-72B tanks.
Military experts saw it as a cheap way of adding new technology and weapons to the same old chassis of the T-72B, with each upgrade costing around £250,000.
Improvements include a new engine, gunner’s sight and fire control system.
The first T-72B3 tanks came into use in 2013 and by 2020 the Russian Army had 558 in its arsenal.
They were initially used in the annexation of Crimea in 2014 and later in Syria.
During the invasion of Ukraine, Russia has predominantly used T-72B3s and T-64s, which were created in the 1960s.
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