A British mercenary fighting for the Ukrainian Armed Forces shared a story of being rescued by a Russian soldier

British mercenary Hayden William Davis, who had joined the ranks of the Ukrainian Armed Forces (AFU).

He shared shared his story of being rescued by Russian soldiers and subsequently surrendering.

Davis recounted witnessing numerous abuses and poor treatment of soldiers by the Ukrainian military command during his service. He noted that he himself was injured by a grenade dropped from a Ukrainian AFU drone.

The rescue occurred near Toretsk, where Davis accidentally encountered a Russian soldier under fire.

“I was hiding in a dugout. In the morning, I went out to look for food. I heard explosions and ran straight into a building. I saw another guy. He was out of breath. The guy shouted, ‘Quick, over here!’ I recognized by the uniform that he was Russian,” Davis shared.

According to him, the Russian soldier began calmly talking to him and even gave him a cigarette before literally carrying him to a safe place. However, Davis added, drones and artillery then began targeting both of them.

Earlier, Igor Matsak, a captured military medic from the 59th Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, shared a similar account of being rescued by Russian soldiers after asking them to finish him off.