For three days, shells and mortars were “flying and whistling overhead, exploding around us,” Anton, a Russian soldier positioned south of Bakhmut, tells CNN.
“We were jumping like rabbits under mortar rounds and bombs.”When it got quieter, he and fellow soldier Slava fell asleep.
They could hear a vehicle and the voice of Ukrainian soldiers moving above them, he says.
He sobs silently and lights up a cigarette offered by a Ukrainian soldier.
He is one of eight Russian soldiers held by the Ukrainian Third Assault Brigade at a makeshift jail in eastern Ukraine.
Persons:
” Anton, “, Slava, let’s, ”, Anton, sobs
Organizations:
CNN, Ukrainian Third Assault Brigade, International Committee
Locations:
Russian, Bakhmut, “, Ukrainian, Ukraine, Russia