Their new way to do so is by breaking their fingers. The occupier, stationed in Kharkiv region, tells his father about this in a conversation intercepted by the SSU.

‘He urgently needed to go home. But they didn’t let him. He comes up to me: ‘What should I do?’ I say ‘There’s one thing we can do: we have a bat, a trophy one… Come on, I’ll break your finger’. He says ‘Go ahead!’ So, I hit him,’ says the invader.

But one blow was not enough - doctors said it was only a bruise. Therefore, the soldiers of the ‘Second Army of the World’ hit the soldier’s fingers again. And all that because of an irresistible desire to leave war and go home…

The SSU reminds of another, non-traumatic way: Russian soldiers can surrender and save their lives if they call the hotline: 2402.