A quick warning.
There are curse words that are unbeeped in today's episode of the show.
If you prefer a beeped version, you can find that at our website, thisamericanlife.org in Ukraine, the government has set up this phone line.
It's for soldiers to call Russian soldiers if they want to surrender.
Ukraine says over 3,500 soldiers have texted or called the number.
One of my co workers, Valerie Kibnis, has been looking into this hotline and helpfully speaks Russian.
So what did they just say?
So they said hello to one another, and then the guy asked, is this Ukraine?
And the guy in the hotline answered, yeah, this is Ukraine.
And then the soldier said, I got a text that if we wish to surrender, call this number.
You got a text?
Yeah.
People pass around the number on social media and telegram.
There's even a website for it.
It's called hachoujrit.com and that means I want to live dot com.
That's very direct.
Yeah.
On it it reads, servicemen of the Russian armed forces.
Do you notice that you're greeted not with flowers, but with fire and curses?
Do you notice that your commanders run away first.