SHOCKING footage has captured the horror moment Vlad’s army bombs its own soldiers with a kamikaze drone while they surrender to Ukraine.
Kremlin troops advanced into territory held by Ukraine on the Donetsk frontline, but opted to wave the white flag after being cornered.
Vision shows soldiers with their hands raised as they surrender
They were then seen lying face down after surrendering
But a bomb is dropped on them in a horrifying turn
Surviving troops are made to run for their lives
The soldiers are met with the horror strike near Kurakhove in the Donetsk region
Vision shows Russian soldiers coming out from cover holding their hands up, before lying face down on the ground.
A kamikaze done buzzes in and begins dropping bombs in a distressing turn, with some of the group hit and killed by the strikes.
A Ukrainian drone commander reportedly told the pilot of the UAV, which captured the footage “don’t throw, don’t throw” in an apparent instruction not to drop bombs on them.
The drone then started directing the Russian troops towards positions of Kyiv’s 33rd separate mechanised brigade.
But a Russian drone comes in and appears to start bombing the Moscow soldiers in horror turn.
One soldier is seen running for his life as he escapes the suspected ambush from his own country.
Of the seven who surrendered, he was not the only one to flee, according to the Ukrainian brigade.
Giving their account of the vision, the brigade said: “The Russian visitors made the right decision – to surrender.
“Seven of them emerged from the grove (but there was) a catch.”
The Kyiv brigade hit out at the “courageous” move from Vlad’s forces.
They added sarcastically: “As soon as (our drone) pilots began withdrawing with the captives, the Russian army carried out a courageous shelling.
“They accurately took down several (men) – not all made it safely into the hands of our brigade.”
Such brutal action is classified as a war crime – because soldiers who surrender are protected by the Geneva Conventions, the internationally-followed series of rules for treatment of civilians and soldiers.
Under the rules, attacking anyone who clearly expresses intent to surrender is prohibited.
It comes after a top Russian colonel was found dead near Moscow, Ukraine’s military intelligence said as it vowed “every war crime will be punished”.
Aleksey Kolomeitsev, 51, was regarded as one of Vladimir Putin’s top cronies as he trained up Russia’s kamikaze drone unit and was directly involved in the full-scale invasion, according to Ukraine’s military.
He was found dead in Russia on September 27, in a reported joint operation by Ukrainian military intelligence and anti-Putin fighters.
The Ukrainian GUR military intelligence directorate announced the “elimination of a war criminal” but gave no detail on how the Shahed drone chief was killed.
Kolomeitsev – a father-of-two – was being targeted by Ukrainian officials after he led Russia’s 924th State Center of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles.
The unit specialised in drone warfare with Kolomeitsev training up soldiers to use Iranian-made UAVs in combat.
ZELENSKY-TRUMP TALKS
In other developments, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky gave some insight into what was discussed with former US president Donald Trump, who could soon come back into power with the election looming.
The pair met Friday at Trump Tower in New York and discussed how the ongoing war as the November election day nears.
In a subsequent interview with Fox News, Zelensky revealed what Trump asked him during their meeting.
He said: “He asked me a lot (of questions).
“(Trump asked) What do you see now is the situation on the battlefield? How do you see support from the United States? Why do you think Putin started the invasion?”
Zelensky also said that Trump told him he supported Ukraine and “he will be on our side, that he will support Ukraine”.
But Zelensky did take one shot at Trump and other people saying that peace would be quick or easy.
He said: “I think that we understand better than everybody, including Donald Trump, what is going on in Ukraine and how to stop him (Putin).”
For months Trump has criticised US support for Ukraine and ridiculed Zelensky as a salesman for persuading Washington to provide weapons and funding to his military.
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Firefighters put out a fire after overnight Russian bombing in ZaporizhzhiaUkrainian Emergency Service via AP
Pictures out of Zaporizhzhia show the horror persisting as Zelensky sold his peace plan to the USEPA/KATERYNA KLOCHKO