“We on our drones see these moments every day, when Russian FPV drones kill their own soldiers because they take a white flag and go to Ukraine to captivity.”
Preston Stewart · Policy · November 2026
Context
The host had said Russian drones follow their own infantry to stop them surrendering. The Ukrainian officer says his unit's drones capture this daily. It's one officer's first-hand account and can't be independently verified.
Transcript
to get captivity, drone C for soldier. And when Russian troops take white flag, drone kills him.
They'll kill their own soldiers.
This is not one case. We on our drones see these moments every day when Russians FPV drones kill their soldiers because they take white flag and go to Ukraine to captivity. Yeah, it's a price of Russian life. On Russia, there are soldiers who don't want to go to war. To assault. There are 10 soldiers who don't want to assault. Commander, commanders say that 10 soldiers on row who don't want to assault. And 9, 10, bam, bam. Another eight go to assault. Really? That's all. Yeah. It's really stories because we listen to the stories from Russian soldiers who move to get to captivity. So now every time from start this war, Russian tactics is no important life because every assault, every city, every road, there are much dead troops, soldiers. Of course, I say because life for Russia Can't is no prowess, zero. Sorry, my English.
Your English is very good. It's very good.
Thank you.
When the soldiers do go forward, do you ever see them just kind of hunker down and hide in the gray zone rather than because if they surrender if they surrender, they might get hit by their own drones. If they advance, they might be hit by Ukrainian drones. Do you see Russians just hiding there at…
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