Russian soldier Ruslan Anitin was one of the last fighters alive in his unit on the front lines of Bakhmut after Ukrainian drones dropped explosives on his…
at one point, artillery fire narrowly missing him the ukrainians claiming it was russian fire. close to ukrainian trenches, he surrenders, and is taken prisoner. the ukrainians recording this video. he says simply, i am anitin ruslan nikolaevich, a soldier of the russian army. the drone saved my life today. whit, what an extraordinary story. now the ukrainians claiming incremental gains on different fronts. and i think although progress remains close, the deputy defense minister here insisting that russian losses are at times more than nine times greater than those of the ukraine. whit? whit: ian, thank you. back here now, the supreme court upholding a landmark law that gives native american families priority in adopting native children. the state of texas and a group of nonnative foster parents claimed that the law is racially discriminatory, and a violation of state authority. but the justices, by a 7-2 majority, upheld the law. native leaders calling the
reporter: tonight, new details of the dramatic moment russian soldier ruslan anitin surrenders on the battlefield to a ukrainian drone. the video given to abc news by the ukrainian army s 92nd brigade begins with a different russian soldier, running through the trenches amidst fierce fighting near bakhmut last month. the drone drops an explosive device just a few feet away, knocking him to the ground, and eventually killing him. that s when anitin emerged from a tunnel in the trenches. realizing he s the last man standing, he uses hand signals to surrender to the drone, shaking his head and crossing his arms in an x. the ukrainians attach a note to the drone in russian saying, surrender, follow the drone. anitin reads it and appears to ask for assurance he wont be killed. the drone moving side to side to signaling no, he won t. he makes a treacherous walk half a mile across the open battlefield, over the bodies of his fallen comrades.
Russian draftee Ruslan Anitin, 30, was one of the sole survivors of his platoon near the eastern city of Bakhmut on May 9 when drone and motor attacks took persisted for hours and eventually led him to surrender.