Russians 'who want to fight Putin in Ukraine' given own battalion

[Native]

Source: Metro.co.uk

The ‘Freedom for Russia’ legion is composed entirely of Russian citizens, including former prisoners of war.

The unit has received Ukrainian uniforms bearing a white and blue flag used by anti-war protesters.

The flag mimics the design of the Russian flag but with the red band changed to white and has become a symbol of opposition to the invasion of Ukraine.

The battalion has been established by the Ukrainian government and is similar to Belarusian units consisting of Russian nationals wanting to fight the Kremlin, it has been reported.

Three members of the group held a press conference in Kyiv on April 5, where they appealed to other Russian soldiers to defect.

Wearing balaclavas and military fatigues the men said they had been morally outraged by Moscow’s actions in Ukraine.

One of the men said the Kremlin had tricked soldiers into going into Ukraine for the ‘so-called special military operation’.

He said he had switched sides to fight for Ukraine after being captured and taken prisoner before being later released by Ukrainian forces.

The soldier said: ‘I decided to join the Freedom of Russia legion, first of all, to fight against Putin’s regime to fight for a future for our children and grandchildren at home.’

The fighter also said he had realised ‘what the Russian military had been doing in Ukraine’.

‘I want to fight against this lawless Putin regime so people can speak and breathe freely without being afraid,’ he told reporters.


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[TheBlackAdder]

1. You'd want them together and not imbedded, just in case one or more has second thoughts.

[ck4829]

2. A possible future government-in-exile? The REAL Russian government in the works

When this is all over, I hope this can happen.

[Botany]

3. Hopefully a member or members of Russia's military takes care of things and kills Putin.

And the more Russian soldiers who desert, refuse to fight, sabotage their equipment, switch sides,
die or get wounded, tell the truth about the war to their countrymen, or switch sides the faster this
war will get over

[Strelnikov_]

7. Per my reading of Solzhenitsyn, Russians returning with their stories of the front in WW I

finally brought on the fall of Imperial Russia. And the Kerensky government's decision to continue the war brought on the civil war.

The loss of life, privation, mismanagement, and how the peasants (who of course made up a good part of the army) had been lied to regarding how they lived as well as the rest of the world.

This was one of his major themes in 'August 1914', the peasant army's 'exposure' to how people lived in East Prussia and elsewhere, before said peasant army was pushed back into Russia in 1915 as a result of the Gorlice–Tarnów offensive, and the word began to spread.

[IronLionZion]

4. Russians should seriously consider an Operation Valkyrie

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Valkyrie

[Strelnikov_]

5. These people are brave

And, are probably going to be some determined fighters, as surrender will not be an option.

[Native]

6. Yup, their chances of surviving are better with fighting than surrendering, that's for sure.

[Botany]

8. And after "the crap" the Russian have done and are still doing to the people of Ukraine any Russian

.... POW who doesn't surrender on his own will not be given "nice" treatment.

[mysteryowl]

9. Wow.

[PatSeg]

10. Thank you for posting