Astonishing moment Russian soldiers surrender with armored personnel carrier in Ukraine

The New York Post ^ | October 6, 2022 | Snejana Farberov

[Timber Rattler]

A video has emerged on social media showing what appears to be three Russian soldiers surrendering to Ukrainian forces as their armored personnel carrier (APC) flies a makeshift white flag.

Vitaly Kim, head of the Nikolayev region’s military administration, shared the video on his official Telegram channel Wednesday, claiming that the Russian soldiers sold the armored vehicle to the Ukrainian military as part of the surrender process.

“We bought an BMP-2 (APC),” Kim wrote in the caption, the pro-Ukraine news outlet zn.ua reported.

The recording, which was also uploaded to the pro-Ukrainian Telegram channel “Nikolayevskiy Vanyok,” shows the armored vehicle with a piece of white cloth tied to its gun barrel approaching what appears to be a pre-arranged location.

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It comes after Ukraine’s parliament passed a law in April offering Russian troops monetary compensation if they willingly surrender military equipment to Kyiv’s forces.

Those who turn in a plane should expect be paid $1 million, while surrendering a tank would be rewarded with $100,000. An APC like the one seen in the video would make its occupants $50,000 richer.

[rellic]

Looked staged.

[lizma2]

I’ve seen a couple videos where some on the soldiers look like women. One in this one does.

Do the Ukraines have women on the battlefield?

[A Conservative Future]

sorry! but that is not an APC! It is a tank. The surrendering soldiers will split $100K reward.

Sigh. I remember when Free Republic was populated with knowledgeable folks who took the time to understand what they were looking at, and had a basic grasp of military equipment in use around the world.

That is, emphatically, not a tank. It's a BMP-2, an APC or IFV originally deployed by the Soviets in the early 1980s. It is a direct descendant of the BMP-1, and many of its upgrades and improvements are the result of analysis performed by the Red Army after the BMP-1 was used extensively in combat by the United Arab Republic (Syria and Egypt) versus the State of Israel in the the Yom Kippur War.

The closest western analog is probably the original M2 Bradley, but it's not an apples to apples comparison.

[PGR88]

Its not a surrender flag. They are drying their newly-washed underwear.

[Timber Rattler]

It’s actually an Infantry Fighting Vehicle (IFV), specifically a BMP-2.

[Timber Rattler]

Correct, and they have the unfortunate features of having their fuel tanks directly under and behind where the mounted soldiers sit, with the reserve tank in the rear exit door. They burn like paper!

[adorno]

Looked staged.

That was a big stage. And a lot of actors. And perhaps some weapons that Alec Baldwin would have pulled the trigger on, 'accidentally'.

But, yeah, staged.

After all, the Russians would never surrender and they'd rather die on the battlefield than go through the embarrassment of surrender.

BTW, I have a bridge that I need to sell cheap. It goes across the Florida Everglades, and the gators hate it.

[Kazan]

https://www.youtube.com/post/UgkxqqFDO6l3HwvcR8Pmvu_Ax5GD5dsdd5iP

In Ukrainian channels, information about the state of the Armed Forces of Ukraine appeared. They refer to the data of the General Staff.

Here is what the military-political leadership of Ukraine hides:

- the staffing of the Armed Forces of Ukraine remains at the level of 43-48%;
- losses among military personnel - more than 191 thousand killed and wounded;
- statistics on missing persons are not maintained; - medicine is working at its limit, the seriously wounded are taken through Poland for treatment in European countries (Germany, France, Italy);
- an acute shortage of small arms and body armor;
- the resource of some samples of equipment transferred by the allies is ending (the first batches of American M777, M109, new Panzerhaubitse 2000 and MARS II);
- the lack of qualified specialists in the operation of Western weapons, so the equipment is operated by people without a deep understanding of the materiel;
- a problem with consumables, especially hydraulics and liquid nitrogen, necessary for M777 howitzers;
- in the field, an automated fire control system does not last long, fragments and dust are killed quickly enough; there are no opportunities for repairs on the spot, we have to send them to Poland, where there are spare parts and specialists.
In addition, the MPS of Ukrainian military personnel remains at a low level, despite the recent information campaign to distribute “encouraging” materials on social networks and organized concerts.

Such a deplorable state of the Armed Forces of Ukraine can only testify to one thing - they do not have long to exist.

[DannyTN]

All your soldiers are belong to us!!!

[DUMBGRUNT]

--"Do the Ukraines have women on the battlefield?"

Definitely some.

"As the Russians gathered forces around Ukraine’s borders last year, she had grown certain they would invade, and she had recently completed a training course on a Ukrainian antitank weapon called a Stugna."

"She had been drinking wine with a companion until the wee hours on Feb. 24 and had barely slept when she was roused by a phone call.

“It’s begun,” a friend told her.

Moments later, a missile exploded nearby.

She jumped in her ruby-red hybrid hatchback and set off for the Stugna factory to pick up some missiles."

"The missile slammed into the side of a tank. A couple of vehicles veered off into surrounding fields, while others returned fire on the Ukrainian position.

Stunned, most of the column halted. When it regrouped, it was moving in a single line rather than spreading out into a battle formation. As the vehicles approached the next village of Skybyn, Ms. Chornovol opened fire.

Her first shot missed. Her second was a direct hit, her first in battle."

https://www.wsj.com/articles/russian-invasion-ukraine-battle-of-kyiv-ragtag-army-11663683336

[Salohcin]

You’ve been predicting this since February. Are you sure this time? 🙄

[bravo whiskey]

I was wrong. it is a BMP-2.

[TangoLimaSierra]

That is, emphatically, not a tank.

LIAR!! That is a Russian aircraft carrier.

[Paal Gulli]

Actually, it’s a BMP infantry fighting vehicle, not an “armored personnel carrier.”

They sure don’t make war correspondents like they used to.

As for the BMP, shoot it in the ass. The fuel tanks are in the rear doors. Goes up like a roman candle.

[UMCRevMom@aol.com]

Mobilised Russian soldier describes surrendering to Ukrainian forces
Oct 5, 202

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUkgTXJE7tg

[Jimmy Valentine]

Winter is arriving. Both sides will effectively shut down until April/May. The Ukrainians will consolidate their gains and replenish their weapons stocks. The Russians will do the same.

Hopefully, peace negotiations will get this stopped.

[Monterrosa-24]

The last major metropolis that the German Army captured in World War II was the recapture of Kharkov. The Russians had taken it in cold weather fighting and the Germans retook again in cold weather. There will be some winter festivities in this war too.

[Timber Rattler]

Not much to negotiate. The Russians need to get out of Ukraine.

[rellic]

“After all, the Russians would never surrender and they’d rather die on the battlefield than go through the embarrassment of surrender.”

https://www.jpost.com/international/article-719111

Seems to disagree with you and it is a very liberal Jewish news rag.

[adorno]

Seems to disagree with you and it is a very liberal Jewish news rag.

Seems you don't understand sarcasm.

Check the whole context of my post you replied to.