The soldier will eventually receive $10,000, a comfortable place to live and a chance to apply for citizenship, a Ukrainian official said.
“The Russians are giving up!” Victor Andrusiv, Ukraine’s Minister of Internal Affairs, recently wrote on Facebook in a post translated to English.
Andrusiv said Ukraine has been sending Russia soldiers SMS messages telling them how to surrender and where to hand over their military gear.
“A few days ago, ‘Misha’ called us,” he wrote, appearing to use an alias for the Russian soldier.
Misha pulled up in a tank and was the only one left in his unit, Adrusiv claimed.