download the appSign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. A Ukrainian soldier says he was smuggled out from behind enemy lines stuffed inside a sofa on the trailer of a car through six Russian checkpoints as Moscow's war with Kyiv rages on. Artem Lukianenko, a 25 year old soldier with Ukraine's 28th Mechanized Brigade described his great escape in a report published Tuesday by Ukrainian news outlet Hromadske. But Zhenia freaked out within minutes of being inside the sofa, so Lukianenko took his place and Zhenia stayed behind. AdvertisementAfterward, a delegation led by the chaplain of the 28th Brigade picked up Lukianenko, Zhenia, and Serhii, Hromadske reported.

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Persons: —, Artem Lukianenko, Lukianenko, Bilyi, Serhii, Hromadske, they'd, Zhenia, he'll Organizations: Service, Business, 28th Mechanized Brigade, 28th Brigade, Ukraine's Armed Forces Locations: Ukrainian, Russian, Pravdyne, Kherson, Bilozerka, Zhenia, Ukraine