A Russian draftee surrendered to a Ukrainian drone last month and is being held at a detention center.
A 26-year-old Ukrainian drone operator was ready to kill him but took mercy on him.
Anitin's journey through no man's land between the Russian and Ukrainian lines was fraught with dangers, and at one point, Russian artillery fire appeared to intentionally target him.
He was walking on top of his dead comrades lying around him," a Ukrainian officer told The Journal.
When Anitin reached the Ukrainian lines, he made a mad dash the rest of the way.
Persons:
—, Ruslan Anitin, Anitin, Bakhmut, Wagner, Ivanov, Boxer
Organizations:
Wall Street Journal, Service, Wall Street, Wagner Group, Command
Locations:
Russian, Ukrainian, Bakhmut, Ukraine, Russia, Luhansk, Kharkiv