A Ukrainian drone is hunting a Russian trench line when its target throws down his weapon and signals his intent to surrender. I second drone is then fitted with instructions for the surrender process, and the Russian soldier is relieved to receive a written note instead of a hand grenade.

He then follows the drone out of his fighting position, walking past several dead bodies on his way. With the rising spring temperatures and the lack of body removal from the battlefield, Bakhmut has to smell increasingly awful.

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Will Killmore is a US Army combat infantry veteran and Purple Heart recipient. He has deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan with the 172nd Stryker Brigade and 173rd Airborne Brigade. Following his time in service, he successfully pursued a certificate of journalism and has been a blogger for Funker530 since 2014. Follow Will’s bad takes on Twitter