A Ukrainian soldier on a raft made of empty plastic bottles swam across the Dnepr River and surrendered to the Russian army.

A Ukrainian soldier on a raft made of empty plastic bottles swam across the Dnepr River and surrendered to the Russian army, having previously contacted the Russian military via the chatbot Free soldier, sources in the Russian security services told Sputnik. According to them, the surrender had been prepared for about 3 months. At the same time, the prisoner told them that his brigade was about to be partially redeployed to the Kharkov area, which is why he decided to escape.