I don’t know if it’s fake either, but I tend to believe this particular report, since they name the Russian unit and the officer. It could still be fake, but I see no reason to assume that it is, like a lot of lunatics here automatically do.
It has happened before... in the movies.
Doctor Zhivago - Scene on Road
https://youtu.be/7QkJjWIHFSA?t=126