Russian Soldiers: What Are We Doing in Ukraine?
"Mom, I'm in Ukraine. There is a real war here. I'm scared, we shoot at everyone"
Russian: "Mom, I'm in Ukraine. There is a real war here. I'm scared, we shoot at everyone."
We’ve heard many stories the past days of confused Russian soldiers in Ukraine. Is it a bluff or did Putin successfully hide the truth from his people and soldiers, as he dispatched them to kill Ukrainians, soldiers and civilians alike.
1. A Russian Soldier Speaks: Why He and His Mates Surrendered to Ukrainians
The entire reconnaissance platoon of the 74th motorized rifle brigade surrendered 24 February near Chernigov, halfway between Kyiv and Belarus. This was during the first day of Russia’s aggressive war seeking to control Ukraine.
Sergeant Major Buynachev Konstantin Sergeevich, originally from the village of Yurga, Russia, surrendered with his platoon when he learned that the mission was not to “examine bridges” but “to attack Kyiv.”
Dialog:
+ (Ukrainian officer) What was the task, the goal?
- (Russian soldier) To check bridges
+ What did the commanders tell you, with whom are you going to fight?
-With Ukraine?
+What the fuck? Why are you going to fight with us?
- I can't know, sir.
…
+ What did they explain to you why you are coming here?
-Not
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2. Correspondence between Russian soldier and his mother: More evidenced that many Russians, including troops, don't know about Putin's plans for Ukraine
— Lesh [soldier's name], why are you not answering for so long? Are you sure you're in training?
— Mom, I'm no longer in the Crimea, not at the exercises
— Where? Dad asks if can he send a package
— What kind of package moms? Now I just want to hang myself.
— What are you talking about? What happened?
— Mom, I'm in Ukraine. There is a real war here. I'm scared, we shoot at everyone, even at peaceful ones. For everything in a row. We were told that they would welcome, but they throw themselves under our vehicles, do not let us pass. They call us fascists. Mom is very hard for me
3. Russian Contract Soldiers Riot, Refuse to Go to Ukraine
In Russian Belgorod, 5,000 contract soldiers staged a riot and refused to go to fight with Ukraine, Ukrainian media Obozrevatel reports.
The information was confirmed to the journalist "Today" in the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Belgorod is Russian city near Kharkiv, in Ukraine.
4. The Russians just abandoned their equipment and ran away
... in the Okhtyrka district of the Sumy region. It's a place with deep Cossack and Hutsul roots.
We are hearing reports of confused Russian soldiers who didn't know they would be invading Ukraine, somehow.
5. Ukrainian Civilians Catch a Russian Soldier
In the center of the city Sumy, Ukrainian citizens found a Russian soldier. A man, holding a rock, keeps the soldier on the ground.
"Where are you from?" the man asks.
"I'm from Moscow," the soldier says.
A woman citizen is crying and saying, "Why are you on our land?"
"We came here to save our people," the Russian sys.
"We don't want a war," the woman says, still crying.
6. Russian Platoon Heading for Kyiv Surrenders: 'Nobody thought that we were going to kill.'
"We were not going to fight, we were [told we were] collecting information," says a Russian soldier who surrendered, reports NextaLive, a Belarussian dissident media now based in Poland.
The Russian invaders, having stumbled upon the determined resistance of the Ukrainian defenders, surrender. An entire reconnaissance platoon of the 74th motorized rifle brigade surrendered near Chernigov, halfway between Kyiv and Belarus.
Sergeant Major Buynachev Konstantin Sergeevich. 74 motorized rifle brigade, Kemerovo region
The exercises were in Yelnya, yesterday they learned about the attack on Ukraine, they thought that they would return home.