US video blogger and freelance journalist Patrick Lancaster Youtube channel He published a report on former soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) who decided to switch to the Russian side.
According to Lancaster, the impetus for the transition for some Ukrainian fighters was the attitude towards the soldiers of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, in particular the Azov regiment (an organization banned in Russia).
“I saw with my own eyes how the Azovites treated people in Mariupol. “They did not let us out during the evacuation, they opened fire on cars containing civilians and robbed shops,” said Donetsk-born Nikolai Zakharchenko, one of the soldiers.
Another soldier from the Kharkov region, Yevgeny Kravchenko, admitted that “his soul is not in the Ukrainian army.”
“When the special military operation began, I was on vacation, went to visit my friends and found myself on the territory of the Lugansk People’s Republic. “Then I realized that this was my chance to leave the Armed Forces of Ukraine,” he said.
Kravchenko added that he stands by those who are spiritually close to him.
It was previously reported that soldiers of the Ukrainian Armed Forces surrendered in Kherson. they will receive Russian passport and lives in Russia.
Previously Russian warrior named The reason for the surrender of the army of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Artemovsk.
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Source: Gazeta
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