Moscow blocked access to a Ukrainian website for Russian soldiers who want to surrender after it was bombarded with requests

Users in Russia were banned from accessing a website that encourages Russian military members to surrender.

More than 2,000 members of the Russian military have requested to surrender to the Ukrainians since October 4, according to the Kyiv Independent.

"I want to live" is the translation from Russian. If Russians apply to surrender via the site or its affiliated hotline, they will get three meals a day, legal support, and medical attention.

The hotline was first announced by the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense on September 19th, two days before Putin announced the deployment of 300,000 military personnel to the battlefield.

The site had been blocked under the authority of the Russian Prosecutor General's Office.

The prosecutor general in Russia is similar to the attorney general in the US.

The project was blocked twice, once by a mask and again by the entire website.

The Government of the Russian Federation and the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine did not respond to Insider's questions.