A video emerged showing a Ukrainian soldier conveying a stark warning to Russia, telling the troops to surrender and beat a retreat, while they still have the opportunity to do so. 

The soldier can be seen standing outside, in this clip, clutching a gun and wearing camouflage. He has a grin on his face while telling the Russians they’re “f***ed”. 

A subtitled version of the video appeared on social media, where the soldier can be heard telling Russian troops, “I’ll record this in Russian to make it be f—ing clear”. Once he starts off, the soldier begins posing questions to Russian troops. He asks, “Well guys – what’s up? What, is the Ukrainian night quiet? As the great Ukrainian writer Gogol said, is everything good with you kids? Do you like our Bayraktars?”, referring to Ukraine’s unmanned aerial vehicles for combat. 

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The soldier continued, “What do you think – what’s flying above you right now? What do you think – what is rustling in the bushes my guys? What thoughts do you have about that? What the f— could it be? Dudes, you are f—ed! You’ve stopped for now. We’re fine. We’re pulling up our reserves. We have aviation and we have tanks! We’ve got everything. Your ass is ours, fellows”. 

Further, the Ukrainian urged Russians to surrender, saying many had already gone down that road. He can be heard saying, “How about this…why don’t you f—ing surrender while you still have that chance? Many of you have already chosen that path, it’s not that bad, really. It may be a mistake but we treat prisoners of war fairly well. So you are stuck right now, and soon we’ll start kicking your ass! And we’ll start doing it right now! Therefore, use your last chance!”

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The video first appeared on the second day of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which President Vladimir Putin has claimed is a special military operation to “demilitarize” and “denazify” Ukraine.