Less than a month after its launch, the project secured its first successful surrender. Since then, about three Russian soldiers hand themselves over every week and are taken into Ukrainian custody as prisoners of war. The hotline has so far received more than 26,000 calls via phone and an accompanying chatbot on Telegram messenger. Its website hochuzhit.com has been visited more than 48 million times — including 46 million visits from within Russia. The website was blocked inside Russia days after it went live but remains accessible via services that hide the user’s internet address. Drone view of a damaged...