A disturbing trend for Moscow: Russian soldiers who defected from the president’s army Vladimir Putin They announced their decision to fight for Ukraine, after witnessing the atrocities committed by their friends – as CNN reported today (Wednesday).
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One of the soldiers, who goes by the operational name ‘Caesar’, admitted in an interview that he had killed at least 18 Russian soldiers on the battlefield since he joined the Ukrainian army in the Donetsk region. “Yes, I kill my countrymen, but they have become criminals,” he said, “they came to a foreign land to rob, kill and destroy. They kill civilians, children and women.”
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Another soldier defected and fought for Ukrainian forces when he saw the atrocities committed by Russian soldiers near Kyiv, saying that seeing the bodies of children and women in person “turned everything upside down”. The soldier, whose real identity has not been revealed for his safety, was visiting family near Kyiv when he saw the atrocities in Bucha, Irpin and Borodyanka – and decided to stay and fight for the Ukrainian forces.
“I was right outside of Kiev, not far from these places, and when they were kicked out of that area, we went there to help people and saw what they did,” he described, “bodies, children, women, executions… When you see it in person, of course everything Inside is turning upside down. I decided to stay here until the end and join Ukraine.”
Almost 10 months have passed since the Russian invasion of Ukraine began, while evidence of war crimes by Moscow’s military continues to surface. Russia has so far been accused of raping hundreds of women and girls, as well as murdering and torturing civilians in Russian-controlled towns.