It looks like a touching video shows a captured Russian soldier crying while drinking tea, and Ukrainians call his mother to tell her she’s fine.
An unverified video shows the discouraged soldier apparently surrendering, surrounded by several people and cars. He gathers, drinks tea and eats a cake while a woman holds a mobile phone in an obvious video call with his mother.
“Compare compassion here to Putin’s brutality,” said Buzzfeed correspondent Christopher Miller, who shared the virus video on Twitter. The video is being distributed on the Telegram messaging app, Miller said.
A man outside the camera can be heard saying in Ukrainian that the soldiers “do not know why they are here”, according to a translation by The US Sun.
“These young men are not guilty,” the man is heard saying in Ukrainian, according to the translation.
The soldier is crying because he is obviously facing his mother during the video call. He says nothing, but struggles to keep his composure as he eats and drinks, ending with a kiss from his mother.
The video comes amid reports that Russian soldiers are sabotaging their own vehicles and surrendering. Radio footage intercepted by a British intelligence firm has allegedly caught some Russian soldiers crying and complaining about a lack of supplies.
“The way he drinks this tea and food doesn’t seem to have eaten in days.” said one Twitter user from the heartbreaking video.
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“It’s so beautiful to see that these wonderful people have not lost their humanity,” he said another. “God bless them and the young soldier.”
One user saw the video as a sign of optimism amid the brutal reality of the Russian invasion.
“It is heartbreaking and in the same breath gives you hope for humanity.” wrote the user.