Russian soldiers stuck on road get roasted by Ukrainian driver

A Ukrainian citizen has posted their exchange with Russian troops whose tanks ran out of petrol. WARNING: GRAPHIC LANGUAGE

The Russian invasion of Ukraine may already be running out of gas, if the video posted by one Ukrainian citizen is any indication.

The minute-long clip which was posted on Twitter shows a man driving up to a group of Russian soldiers and what appears to be a Russian tank, that has stopped on a rural road.

“Are you guys broken down?” the man asks the soldiers.

“Out of fuel,” one responds.

“Can I tow you back to Russia?” the Ukrainian quips, generating some laughter.

A priceless exchange of a brave Ukrainian citizen with Russian army stuck out of fuel. ENGLISH SUBTITLES.

[Thanks to my Ukrainian friend for transcription and translation] pic.twitter.com/Rar3WRXEwD

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The conversation continues with the Ukrainian man asking the soldiers if they know where they are going.

One says, “to Kyiv,” and asks, “What do they say on the news?”

The brave Ukrainian responds, “Well, while everything is on our side, yours and prisoners surrender well …”

He added that he’s asked a “whole column,” and “no one knows where they are and where they are going.”

The Ukrainian then drives away, and a few seconds later, passes another tank and a pick-up truck, also stopped on the side of the road.

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A Ukrainian driver asks stranded Russian troops if they are okay. Picture: Supplied/Twitter

The Ukrainian driver asks the troops if they know where they are going. Picture: Supplied/Twitter

The Ukrainian driver jokes he could tow them back to Russia. Picture: Supplied/Twitter

It comes as a senior US defence official told reporters that the momentum of the Russian advance, particularly around Kyiv, had slowed over the last 24 hours.

“They have not achieved the progress that we believe they anticipated they would,” the official said, speaking to AFP on condition of anonymity.

The conflict has been marked by radically different versions of events from both sides, with Western officials warning of prudence in a war likely to be marked by misinformation.

“On losses, we have no figures. We must be wary of the figures that will be announced by both sides because it will be part of the information war in this conflict,” said a French military official, who asked not to be named.

The official warned over the frequent use on social media of “archive images” that purported to show current events.

GO F**K YOURSELF: UKRAINE BORDER GUARDS TO RUSSIAN WARSHIP

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky hailed the heroism of 13 border guards on Snake island in the Black Sea who were killed after purportedly telling a Russian military warship to “go f**k yourself” rather than surrendering.

Moscow however said that over 80 Ukrainian servicemen on the island had surrendered and given up their weapons.

Ukraine meanwhile said that a Russian missile had struck the upper floors of a high-rise Kyiv apartment block, saying this showed that Moscow was directly targeting civilians.

Moscow denied this, saying it had been hit by a Ukrainian air defence missile that had malfunctioned.

The Ukrainian defence ministry said 2,800 Russian soldiers had been killed, without providing evidence.

A Ukrainian Territorial Defence fighter takes the automatic grenade launcher from a destroyed Russian infantry mobility vehicle GAZ Tigr after the fight in Kharkiv. Picture: AFP

Ukraine’s health minister said on Saturday that 198 civilians, including three children, have been killed so far by Russian forces.

Moscow has yet to report on casualties.

In the south, Russians continue to push to Kherson but are also widening the front, landing amphibious forces to Crimea’s east to threaten Mariupol.

Russians have also sought to take control of the Kakhovka hydro-electric plant on the Dnieper river north of Crimea, launching cyberattacks on the plant, the US official said.

Originally published as Russian soldiers stuck on road get roasted by Ukrainian driver