Escort Volodin to Extraction

Instead of retracing your steps back through the cell block, pass through the boiler room directly across the hall from Volodin’s cell. This is connected to a narrow passage that leads directly to a lift. However, when you reach the end of the corridor, pause before ascending the steep flight of stairs on the left. There’s a rifleman patrolling here. If you can’t spot him, toss a Sensor toward the top of the stairs. Wait for the rifleman to begin descending the stairs, then shoot him with your suppressed SMG. Carefully scout the area at the top of the stairs, then turn right to enter a lift leading to the surface. Soon after Kozak and Volodin enter the lift, Overlord reports that the air strike is about to begin. Seconds later, a series of loud explosions rock the prison facility, causing the elevator shaft to shudder under the concussive blasts.

When the lift reaches the surface, you find that the prison facility has been transformed in a hellish landscape, bathed in fire and rocked by secondary explosions. The air strike worked; it is serving as the perfect distraction while you escape with President Volodin. Let Volodin lead the way. With the exception of some soldiers performing CPR on their fallen comrades, you encounter no living enemies while advancing through the prison. You don’t need to shoot the soldiers doing CPR—they’re eventually take out by a secondary explosion. There’s no need to be quiet any longer, so consider looting weapons off the dead bodies you pass along the way—you can usually find an SA58 OSW PDR among the dead. Proceed to the extraction point on the hill overlooking the prison facility.

On the way to the extraction site, President Volodin is struck by an incoming bullet fired by pursuing enemy troops. You’ll need to hold off these attackers while waiting for extraction. Immediately move behind the low wall for cover, next to an ammo crate. Propped up against the wall are an Ultimax Mk.5 LMG and a SA58 OSW PDR. Swap your sniper rifle for the LMG and begin firing on the attackers. The enemy troops approach from the prison, some charging up the hill toward you. Toss a few Sensors in the direction of the prison to highlight the attackers. This makes it easier to spot and engage enemy troops (armed with shotguns) charging up the hill. Don’t let these shotgun-toting enemies flank your position. Be ready to gun them down at close range as they sprint toward President Volodin. A Blackhawk eventually arrives to pick you up. The Blackhawk performs a couple of strafing runs before hovering over your position. At this point, a white ring icon appears next to President Volodin. Step into this ring to begin the extraction process. Kozak attaches a cable to himself and the president and within seconds they’re lifted to safety as the prison burns in the background.

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