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How Two Russian Prisoners Ended Up Fighting For Ukraine

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
2024 ж. 14 Ақп.
348 489 Рет қаралды
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Two Russian prisoners, Vladislav and Mikhail, joined Wagner mercenary groups led by Yevgeny Prigozhin until his death and went from prisoners to soldiers in Ukraine -- until they surrendered and deserted to Ukraine.
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  • I think they both understood that return to Russia while Putin is still alive would not be good for their health.

    @bobjohnbowles@bobjohnbowles3 ай бұрын

    • They can also choose to stay prisoners in Ukraine until end of the war. They cant be forced to go back in Russia.

      @DevonHensley211@DevonHensley2113 ай бұрын

    • @@DevonHensley211 There is no law to protect POWs from being forced back to their home country in prisoner exchanges or other terms of negotiation. This is incentive for countries to keep POWs. It also means that there is no garauntee of safety as a POW if returning to Russia would result in an execution. As such potentially the safest thing to do would be to volunteer to fight for the other side.

      @squee222@squee2223 ай бұрын

    • Are they the same criminals everyone talked down upon when they was able to fight for Wagner to get out of jail ooooh now there held in high regard because they joined Ukraine side’s people make your mind up

      @incognitofee7623@incognitofee76233 ай бұрын

    • As for their health, or any future for that matter, ask Prigozhin. Oh, wait... I'd say, if they want to, keep them, train them for a meaningful civil purpose in life as well, and let them help rebuild Ukraine. There's plenty of work to do.

      @merkvandermeulen3978@merkvandermeulen39783 ай бұрын

    • @@incognitofee7623 Russia treated them as canon fodder, no wonder they change d their mind! Any sane person will change their minds if it’s clear you have been lied to. But I guess that’s beyond your comprehension? Russian serfs are not allowed to think for themselves!

      @Hiznogood@Hiznogood3 ай бұрын

  • Caught putting a tourniquet on his battle buddy...Recruited!

    @future_me_6067@future_me_60673 ай бұрын

    • as a combat veteran you are CORRECT!

      @comments.cuestionsandconcerns@comments.cuestionsandconcerns3 ай бұрын

    • @@comments.cuestionsandconcerns I want to hope these two guys, with this decision have turned a miserable life into something worth for their future. They have chosen the right side, so I hope they will fight with honor and courage, and will eventually see a Russia free from Putin and his thugs.

      @delpinsky@delpinsky3 ай бұрын

    • Hmmmm. Depends what kind of crime they did, and circumstances captured. Being captured while trying to help a fellow injured soldier does win you redemption points.

      @equarg@equarg3 ай бұрын

    • @@delpinsky Their new side is not fighting to see Russia free, their goal is to see Russia gone. As unrealistic as it sounds.

      @user-co3uc8vt7e@user-co3uc8vt7e3 ай бұрын

    • @@delpinsky "Free"? More like "under new management". Or removed from existence, as some of their new commanders dream of.

      @user-co3uc8vt7e@user-co3uc8vt7e3 ай бұрын

  • "Exploratory attack" is also called "reconnaissance by cannon fodder."

    @alanshackelford6450@alanshackelford64503 ай бұрын

    • Wagner special reconnaissance operation

      @crocodile2501@crocodile25013 ай бұрын

    • sounds like the penal battalions they sent over during Order No. 270 in Stalingrad WW2

      @bobbyhill5067@bobbyhill50673 ай бұрын

    • As South Park told us - Operation: Humanshield

      @kimmorton4474@kimmorton44742 ай бұрын

    • I guess Russians wouldn't want to harm their actual Spetsnaz for reconnaissance, so they use useful idiots. That really shows just how badly trained Russian troops are, to throw unskilled soldiers into battle because they need their very very few good ones for show. It's just laughable at this point.

      @emiliospowerballer1441@emiliospowerballer1441Ай бұрын

  • Don’t get captured by the Russians, doubt they’d let him pull that twice.

    @maxasaurus3008@maxasaurus30083 ай бұрын

    • Their families are still in their

      @leo-messi61@leo-messi613 ай бұрын

    • RuSSians

      @robertsiwek7503@robertsiwek75032 ай бұрын

    • @@leo-messi61 you know them?

      @user-bt7bc8zg5b@user-bt7bc8zg5b2 ай бұрын

    • @@user-bt7bc8zg5b no, but it's true

      @leo-messi61@leo-messi612 ай бұрын

  • war is ugly..

    @GymForLifeHD@GymForLifeHD3 ай бұрын

    • But is reality, and the wars grow the humanity to prosper, but i hope someday we don't need it anymore.

      @gabbriel66@gabbriel663 ай бұрын

    • @@gabbriel66 Reality is we never needed it.

      @froggylegspeople@froggylegspeople2 ай бұрын

    • @@froggylegspeople and yet they are, so we need to learn why.

      @bartek4033@bartek4033Ай бұрын

    • NO SHIT, sometimes I think that people are a little too comfortable with the idea of war...which is disturing as hell, as so0meone who has lost friends in Ukraine and whos hometown is 4 hours from Russian border I cant say that i am not scared

      @HK-gm8pe@HK-gm8peАй бұрын

    • @@HK-gm8pe Those who are not afraid are the biggest fools. People should love life and make it beautiful instead of ugly.

      @froggylegspeople@froggylegspeopleАй бұрын

  • That is what thinking for yourself looks like. Good job on these two dudes. 💙💙💛💛💙💙💛💛

    @thechrisandphaedrusshow@thechrisandphaedrusshow3 ай бұрын

    • 100%

      @heathclark318@heathclark3183 ай бұрын

    • Seems like a fluid situation that changes rapidly?

      @MrReymoclif714@MrReymoclif7143 ай бұрын

  • Hopefully, they get good rotations, good food, and live as well as anyone can in this war. We all knew good people exist everywhere, even in Russia. We are just all waiting for the millions of good Russians to unite, stand up, and end this 19th century B.S. already.

    @NAFOARMY@NAFOARMY3 ай бұрын

    • we are not against the good hearted Russians. we are against kremlin, putin and the putinists. peace is the best decision and we are ready to make peace as long as russians don't want destruction

      @soTurkishyeah@soTurkishyeah3 ай бұрын

    • And then what?

      @user-co3uc8vt7e@user-co3uc8vt7e3 ай бұрын

    • "Even in Russia"... Sounds arrogant. What country you from?

      @user-hc8wc3sj8c@user-hc8wc3sj8c3 ай бұрын

    • Pers was injured during brave combat with RDK I've watched a couple of interviews with him However, I've also watched a lot of pow interviews, and we'll have to wait for a long time for the mere man and woman to unite or even stand up, sorry to tell you

      @Maja-Danmark@Maja-Danmark3 ай бұрын

    • it's like western europe, most of the people are siding with russia because they think Putin is based, they are cattle, idiots you have to use, they have no backbone, they are not educated, been sheeps for way too long you can't reform them

      @baguettelauncher8839@baguettelauncher88393 ай бұрын

  • Comes to show how well The Russian generals treat their own troops, or "meat" as they call them. Why else did Wagner rebel?

    @w1ndgeneral226@w1ndgeneral2263 ай бұрын

    • Yes, and the mentioned severely wounded held in frontlien for 2 days, without proper medical care...

      @barneydenstad2148@barneydenstad21483 ай бұрын

    • 1. They were criminals. 2. They had an option of joining or not to join. 3. Wagner did really well against Ukraine, It's a respectable position in the Russian army. 5. Wagner lost almost 1:1 troops against defensive side that requires 1:3 to destroy. 4. This is propaganda and seems you bots are prone to it. Studio quality, Ukrainian made channel, this easily in 5 hours made video has racked up 700USD already.

      @fraided88@fraided883 ай бұрын

    • @@fraided88 Wagner were always criminals, as long as they served Putin, they were pardoned. But when Putin treated them poorly during the Ukraine war, they rebelled causing Putin to kill their leader and dissolving Wagner into the rest of the Russian army. So why *this* war we ask, what caused Putin's most loyal group to suddenly decide "no, we don't like the way you're doing this?"

      @w1ndgeneral226@w1ndgeneral2263 ай бұрын

    • They dont do that, show me one single piece of proof that they do that. They rebelled against shoigu, not putin. Wagner loved putin till the end

      @Schizofre@Schizofre3 ай бұрын

    • nothing you said is objective fact, just biased opinion. How about you provide us with something meaningful???@@w1ndgeneral226

      @Schizofre@Schizofre3 ай бұрын

  • Awesome reporting and i love Radio free Europe and Asia as it shows real news on the ground ! Thank you for all the work you do

    @joshokamoo2106@joshokamoo21063 ай бұрын

    • 😂😂😂 знаешь что с этими парнями будет после того как украинские спецслужбы отснимут материал который им нужно они пропадут без вести а точнее их убьют 🤮🤮🤮

      @user-zl6ms5bf5q@user-zl6ms5bf5q3 ай бұрын

    • ​@@user-zl6ms5bf5q, даже хуже, іх расдєнут да трусіков, распянут, пожарят і сьєдят, ммммм, вкууусна.

      @luckydssd@luckydssd3 ай бұрын

    • @@user-zl6ms5bf5q Точно, большинство людей здесь, в разделе комментариев, не осознают, что их кормят западной пропагандой.

      @tommysuave3766@tommysuave37663 ай бұрын

    • Ботяра)

      @Alekhind@Alekhind3 ай бұрын

    • @@Alekhind этих двух клоунов ждет тоже что того клоуна который угнал вертолёт , как только отснимут с ними нужный материал они пропадут без вести 🤷‍♀

      @user-zl6ms5bf5q@user-zl6ms5bf5q2 ай бұрын

  • Not only do they escape prison, but they escape Moscovia as well. They will make more money and live better lives in the West.

    @ryanhartnett530@ryanhartnett5303 ай бұрын

    • They are not going to live in the west, the Russian Corps is fighting to overthrow the Russian regime after the war in Ukraine is over.

      @Alcani81@Alcani813 ай бұрын

    • Well, they need to survive the war first. By switching sides they increased the likelihood of survival a lot.

      @jayfraxtea@jayfraxtea3 ай бұрын

    • ​@@silaslong-js8psyes really bud

      @TheCoount@TheCoount3 ай бұрын

    • Haven't you heard of the term, "I'm missing home!".

      @tekpic04@tekpic043 ай бұрын

    • Tell me ryanhartnett what is Moscovia ?

      @pepperminth8085@pepperminth80853 ай бұрын

  • There is a huge difference between these two convicts and orcs. They look and are intelligent. Apostle Dima Karpenko has said numerous times they're more normal than regular ruzzians, possibly because they don't get zombified with propaganda. I remember seeing the guy on the bus last summer volunteer. I wasn't sure if it was real or not. Glad to see he's on the side of good and is still alive.

    @jorr1334@jorr13342 ай бұрын

    • Slava Ukraine 🇺🇦 🇨🇦

      @Karl44444@Karl444442 ай бұрын

  • Probably not a good idea to trust them.

    @John-jp3vt@John-jp3vt3 ай бұрын

    • in fact they go in a russian group that is sent in most dangerous missions

      @VitaliKiSS@VitaliKiSS2 ай бұрын

  • Slava Ukraini the truth always comes out

    @moneymay6324@moneymay63243 ай бұрын

    • Unfortunately for Ukraine... the truth always come out.

      @denkakorea3178@denkakorea31783 ай бұрын

  • Wagner group might be desolved because they lost their leader but they still have a brain to remember what happened and who killed him

    @alaincharron8752@alaincharron87523 ай бұрын

    • none of them cares, no payments means move on to whoever does pay.

      @OMGWTFITSJESUS@OMGWTFITSJESUS3 ай бұрын

    • Exactly.

      @jaymesnin@jaymesnin3 ай бұрын

    • ​@@OMGWTFITSJESUSNot really. I'd say it Is the Military mentality that is the result of Russians still Fighting knowing they Are Cannon fodder

      @yeboxxxchannel2505@yeboxxxchannel25053 ай бұрын

  • The only Russian soldiers worth talking about.

    @Reticulosis@Reticulosis3 ай бұрын

    • fake story for idiots

      @chadhaire1711@chadhaire17113 ай бұрын

    • Well... Russians are victim of their oppressor too. They just don't know. A lot of Russian soldiers are just kids used in a senseless war.

      @ivyking4149@ivyking41493 ай бұрын

    • Dangerous criminals who voluntary joind the russian army for reduced sentence but deserted and "surrendered" because fear of death but then just join the other sides army to potentially die by the people they fled from anyway?? Seem like really upright guys who just want to fight for the right thing🧢

      @UkamiRiot@UkamiRiot3 ай бұрын

    • and how do u know they are really Russian soldiers ? it looks more like another comedy from comediant country...this can be just another fake by Ukraine

      @Dudush90@Dudush903 ай бұрын

    • @@Dudush90 It is another fake video from the Ukraine movie company..they crank these out by the hundreds for UK press.

      @chadhaire1711@chadhaire17113 ай бұрын

  • Its a dreadful situation for these young soldiers whether Russian or Ukrainian. I hate what is happening to all concerned. Peace asap. ☮️

    @corinnewebb6424@corinnewebb64243 ай бұрын

    • Tell that to Putolini. He is the one using young men in "meat attacks" on a democratic, peaceful and sovereign neighbour.

      @PalleRasmussen@PalleRasmussen3 ай бұрын

    • @@PalleRasmussen Yes you're right. I totally agree. I'm simply saying that the sooner peace prevails the better. ☮️

      @corinnewebb6424@corinnewebb64243 ай бұрын

    • Tell that to Zelensky

      @mrhawu6697@mrhawu66973 ай бұрын

    • @@mrhawu6697 tell him what? Did he invade a neighbour and went fully Fascist Dictator at home? I must have blinked and missed that. When? How?

      @PalleRasmussen@PalleRasmussen3 ай бұрын

    • @@mrhawu6697 I'm telling all concerned. Zelensky and Putin. I'm not favoring one against the other. As I said whether Russian lives or Ukraine lives being lost. Try and read what I said.

      @corinnewebb6424@corinnewebb64243 ай бұрын

  • It always makes me feel extremely fascinated while I'm watching a video about the ongoing war in Ukraine because we can keep abreast of lots of details about the current war thanks to technology; image just for a few second that what kind of things (which we cannot know because of lacking technology of those times) happened during the wars of the past centuries, it would be so awesome to make an interview with the participants of Napoleonic Wars, for example. Thus, our descendants maybe will have a great opportunity to be informed about our current world.

    @onurcankocak2668@onurcankocak26683 ай бұрын

    • Except it provides room for misinformation on a scale previously unheard of.

      @user-co3uc8vt7e@user-co3uc8vt7e3 ай бұрын

    • ​​@@user-co3uc8vt7eSure; there's such a disadvantage of course. Plus, I think it will be much more complicated with the developing artificial intelligence (For instance; in my country, the ruling political party made a fake video in which terrorists support the opposition leader for elections, and some voters of the government believed in it though it was a fake video which was generated by AI). Yet, despite all of these, it's a unique experience to watch the clashes from a combatant's GoPro :)

      @onurcankocak2668@onurcankocak26683 ай бұрын

    • @@onurcankocak2668 Don't you think it was one of the main reasons why so much was invested into developing AI?

      @user-co3uc8vt7e@user-co3uc8vt7e3 ай бұрын

    • @@user-co3uc8vt7e Actually, I'm not sure that the developers of AI has a main intention to create an alternative reality to manipulate the ordinary people, but regardless of whether they have that kind of an evil purpose or not, states and governments has been using the technological developments for evil purposes for centuries of course. For example, if I'm not mistaken, Alfred Bernard Nobel invented dynamite, but people invested into dynamite not only to use it for opening new quarries, but also to k*ll each other unfortunately.

      @onurcankocak2668@onurcankocak26683 ай бұрын

  • RFE/RL, I hope to see a follow-up one day on these people whose lives are now so intertwined with this war...💙💛

    @oddoneoutinc@oddoneoutinc3 ай бұрын

    • А продолжение будет таким эти парни пропадут без вести после того как с ними отснимут материал который нужен украине 😂😂😂

      @user-zl6ms5bf5q@user-zl6ms5bf5q3 ай бұрын

    • @@user-zl6ms5bf5qI love the way that zedheads always like their own comment and then put 😂😂😂 after them. 😂😂😂

      @TheBrutalDeluxe@TheBrutalDeluxe3 ай бұрын

    • Pers was wounded during brave combat with RDK months ago There are interviews of him

      @Maja-Danmark@Maja-Danmark3 ай бұрын

    • War between the West and NATO

      @veroni800@veroni8002 ай бұрын

  • Russia using it's own soldiers as cannon fodder. Imagine that.. cough cough.

    @Neal85@Neal853 ай бұрын

  • A few good people among the russians.

    @beam3819@beam38193 ай бұрын

    • Redemption arc to previous criminals?

      @reytop5064@reytop50643 ай бұрын

    • @@reytop5064 In Russia, you don't have to be a criminal to go to prison

      @Alcani81@Alcani813 ай бұрын

    • @@Alcani81 yet they are criminals and most of the russian prisoners are criminals, too.

      @Blabla-od7vt@Blabla-od7vt3 ай бұрын

    • @@Alcani81That’s right, your only crime could be disagreeing with Hitler Putin.

      @boobopish@boobopish3 ай бұрын

    • They littlelty join a neo nazi battalion and the first has not even a russian name😂

      @schokobar4133@schokobar41333 ай бұрын

  • ਬਹੁਤ ਦਲੇਰੀ ਵਾਲਾ ਫੈਸਲਾ ❤

    @Soraab25@Soraab253 ай бұрын

    • ol believe the actors) all that Ukraine has done since the beginning of the war is make films to ask for more money. They haven’t been able to beat Donetsk since 2014. how will they defeat Russia

      @kxxx6548@kxxx65483 ай бұрын

  • The second chance Wagner or Russia would never truly give them.

    @danielt.8573@danielt.85733 ай бұрын

  • Imagine that feeling when you turn back and they hand you a shovel (person prob knows immediately whats about to happen) and they are forced to start digging their own (zero way out or anywhere to run what would you do?

    @thewanderer8643@thewanderer86433 ай бұрын

    • my first instinct would be to flee but if you have an armed guard watching over you you would have to take him out first somehow. But thats easily said as i have never been in such a situation. But since i was shown a lot of brutal videos by weird people i kind of decided in my head its allways better to fight and be shot to die quick than to have to dig a grave and then be killed possibly in a painful slow way.

      @sickmit3481@sickmit34813 ай бұрын

    • well, first, don't be russian

      @baguettelauncher8839@baguettelauncher88393 ай бұрын

    • ​@@sickmit3481there are also chances where they would torture you first after shooting you in the leg etc.

      @vivian2217@vivian22173 ай бұрын

  • Коллаборанты будут 0

    @Noname-jv8wv@Noname-jv8wv3 ай бұрын

  • Slava Ukrayini🇺🇦🙏❤️🇫🇮Glory to Ukraine🇺🇦🤝🇫🇮

    @user-qm7hq6hz9x@user-qm7hq6hz9x3 ай бұрын

  • Outstanding

    @shawnstangeland3011@shawnstangeland30113 ай бұрын

  • 🇦🇺💙💛✌ 🇺🇦 Slava Ukraini!

    @Hochspitz@Hochspitz3 ай бұрын

    • Sala kokaini

      @pepperminth8085@pepperminth80853 ай бұрын

    • ​@@silaslong-js8pswho lost more shit 😂😂

      @skyfighter311@skyfighter3113 ай бұрын

    • @@silaslong-js8psWrong

      @boobopish@boobopish3 ай бұрын

    • Мертвецам слава😂

      @user-dg9xo1nf1l@user-dg9xo1nf1l3 ай бұрын

    • @@skyfighter311so are you Azov member? If so, I have many questions

      @blazeroranger@blazeroranger3 ай бұрын

  • smart lads.

    @naszafar8658@naszafar86583 ай бұрын

  • 👍

    @BooleanDisorder@BooleanDisorder3 ай бұрын

  • That has to be a difficult situation to be in, or to make a decision on what to do, but if they are open to doing so why not and what does Ukraine give them if they survive the war?

    @RamblingRodeo@RamblingRodeo3 ай бұрын

    • If the survive they get a free russia

      @user-oo8wf9gq6r@user-oo8wf9gq6r3 ай бұрын

    • Looks like an evolving version of things?

      @MrReymoclif714@MrReymoclif7143 ай бұрын

    • A nice piece of land six feet under, for both. They're still Russians after all.

      @user-co3uc8vt7e@user-co3uc8vt7e3 ай бұрын

  • Only concerns are that in the increasing number of coverage these cases provide it leaves an entry for possible espionage attempts from Russia. Idk just a thought but glad these guys were given a chance by people he thought would only want him dead, they don’t want them fighting there at all so it’s nice to see a sense of humanizing understanding in zones of conflict.

    @luisgrijalva7631@luisgrijalva76313 ай бұрын

    • These videos are fake staged for UK press

      @chadhaire1711@chadhaire17113 ай бұрын

    • Not to worry. They are under the command of RDK, and they vet them thoroughly before training Pers was wounded in combat. Rehabilitating in UA

      @Maja-Danmark@Maja-Danmark3 ай бұрын

    • Almost like these aren't real stories and it's all made up..

      @Yogurt_Fingers@Yogurt_Fingers3 ай бұрын

    • @@Yogurt_Fingers Dream on.

      @ztarzcream@ztarzcream3 ай бұрын

    • @@Yogurt_Fingers Yes, almost like it - IF you don't have facts on your side Don't believe anything on the internet. Bots, trolls and disinformation swoop into the minds of the uninformed and the uneducated Are you one of those mentioned?

      @Maja-Danmark@Maja-Danmark3 ай бұрын

  • Awesome.... Slava Ukrani ✌️ ✌️ ✌️ 💛🇺🇦💛🇺🇦💛🇺🇦💛🇺🇦💛🇺🇦💛🇺🇦💛🇺🇦💛

    @tashuntka@tashuntka3 ай бұрын

    • Tak prečo toľko ukrajincov podotýkam mladīch utieklo z Ukrajiny a nezapojili sa brániť svoju Ukrajinu? Ukrývajů sa v EU. Bez odpovede.?????

      @daragarcalova3617@daragarcalova36173 ай бұрын

    • @@daragarcalova3617Why are so many Russian fodder helping Ukraine and deserting Putin? Any answers?

      @boobopish@boobopish3 ай бұрын

    • ​@@daragarcalova3617Not all want to risk their life.

      @user-dz8ru9ni3u@user-dz8ru9ni3u3 ай бұрын

  • Хлопці! 👍

    @srh2301@srh23013 ай бұрын

  • Why show there faces ?

    @rogermagnusson115@rogermagnusson1153 ай бұрын

    • Because its propaganda from Ukraine. The second guys story makes no sense, once he got to the front line he surrendered to escape russia. Which is valid but why join the army again just to be on the the opposing side.

      @matcha_546@matcha_5462 ай бұрын

  • Crazyyyy

    @AirborneAnt@AirborneAnt3 ай бұрын

  • Росiя велика держава! 💪🇷🇺

    @-EX0DUS-@-EX0DUS-3 ай бұрын

    • Kremlin retard

      @kidzor16@kidzor162 ай бұрын

    • ахахаха

      @gilgamesh1909@gilgamesh19092 ай бұрын

    • Велика какаха

      @marinadidkovskaya9672@marinadidkovskaya9672Ай бұрын

  • There are traitors everywhere.

    @AnaZia-nn3ug@AnaZia-nn3ug2 ай бұрын

  • SLAVA UKRAINI 🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨 UNITED WE STAND

    @christineb2666@christineb26663 ай бұрын

    • 🇬🇧🇷🇺🇬🇧🇷🇺🇬🇧🇷🇺💪💪💪😊😊😊

      @user-hv4ic9ux6m@user-hv4ic9ux6m3 ай бұрын

    • ​@@user-hv4ic9ux6m🤣🤣🤣🤣👉🇷🇺💩👹

      @artsi897@artsi8973 ай бұрын

    • Behind the keyboard? Wow impressive..

      @KMCDM@KMCDM3 ай бұрын

  • ❤

    @davewillems5016@davewillems50162 ай бұрын

  • all conflict aside a coat flipper is always a coat flipper

    @ChloricAcid2@ChloricAcid23 ай бұрын

  • 👑👑

    @svennesvensson3132@svennesvensson31323 ай бұрын

  • Is it legal? Even as a mercenaries

    @WielkaStopa-qh1rr@WielkaStopa-qh1rr2 ай бұрын

  • What an intriguing title! It's fascinating to see stories that delve into the complexities of international conflicts and the unexpected paths people take. The idea of Russian prisoners ending up fighting for Ukraine certainly presents a unique perspective on the nature of war and personal choices. It's always enlightening to learn about the human side of geopolitical events and the diverse experiences of those involved.

    @AVOWIRENEWS@AVOWIRENEWS3 ай бұрын

    • The video is fake Goober..actors

      @chadhaire1711@chadhaire17113 ай бұрын

    • a lot of captured Ukrainians go over to the side of Russia, and Donbass, which fought against Western Ukraine.

      @veroni800@veroni8002 ай бұрын

  • Where can I watch the full INTERVIEW?

    @SeArCh4DrEaMz@SeArCh4DrEaMz3 ай бұрын

  • I strongly doubt that they will be able to return to Russia any time soon. Regardless, I wish them both the best of luck in making it through this terrible war.

    @freedomstar3930@freedomstar39302 ай бұрын

  • Asking for volunteers to swap sides in front of a bus load of previous comrades and now witnesses ain't exactly tactful, and probably not as fruitful as it could be.

    @graemesydney38@graemesydney38Ай бұрын

  • Honestly USA should send our prisoners to fight in Ukraine . The prisoners would volunteer of course. Even 1 percent prison population is at least 10k soldiers. Plus all the prisoners that were in the military.

    @nickarnot1476@nickarnot1476Ай бұрын

  • 👍✨✨✨

    @Kondasnaker@Kondasnaker3 ай бұрын

  • terrible position to be in. clearly they can never go home. least theyre alive and can actually choose what to do with whats left of their lives.

    @saddingus7850@saddingus78503 ай бұрын

  • Meanwhile some ukranians are doing the same but reverse side... I like how this news channel is so damn neutral. 🦄

    @SirPano85@SirPano853 ай бұрын

    • How can this news channel interview Ukrainians who are in Russian units, in Russian lines?

      @teach450@teach4503 ай бұрын

    • @@teach450 there are some interview like that, I'm sure the Russians will be happy to show some Ukrainians fighting for the Russian side to the Western news channels, but the Western news channels wouldn't send there a troupe or even a journalist because they don't want to show that.

      @SirPano85@SirPano853 ай бұрын

    • @@SirPano85 "I am sure" yeah mate keep thinking.

      @teach450@teach4503 ай бұрын

    • @@teach450 always, but you must begin to!

      @SirPano85@SirPano853 ай бұрын

    • @@SirPano85 Can't wait for this channel to interview Poolwolf prison guards :) Perhaps you would understand now.

      @teach450@teach4503 ай бұрын

  • These guys hafe say the light they are truly human

    @loganmancini8759@loganmancini87593 ай бұрын

  • It feels a bit like it's 1947 again, VOA on shortwave.

    @gerhardrausing777@gerhardrausing7773 ай бұрын

  • This was so informative

    @pastelitopete5968@pastelitopete59683 ай бұрын

  • This is an awful war begun by Putin, was is disgusting. These are brave men, and I applaud them for making the right decision.

    @practicallyallthingspractic@practicallyallthingspractic3 ай бұрын

    • These young soldiers should all surrender to save their lives, because their President never would help them!! He sended them to War , but they're too young for dying in a senseless War!! What a shame!!

      @teamuller@teamuller3 ай бұрын

    • @@teamuller exactly right!

      @practicallyallthingspractic@practicallyallthingspractic3 ай бұрын

    • Commit fraud, get into the jail, sign up for war, defect. What heroism.

      @user-co3uc8vt7e@user-co3uc8vt7e3 ай бұрын

    • @@teamuller Maybe that's the case for both sides...

      @user-co3uc8vt7e@user-co3uc8vt7e3 ай бұрын

    • @@user-co3uc8vt7estay in russia you Ivan.

      @practicallyallthingspractic@practicallyallthingspractic3 ай бұрын

  • in all wars, its the innocent and poor that pay the price.

    @lee.valley@lee.valley11 күн бұрын

  • storm z is not wagner pmc

    @user-sv1qm6eq7t@user-sv1qm6eq7t3 ай бұрын

  • In war as in love, the end justifies the means, Machiavelli said, true or not, reality surpasses truth and by far.

    @user-jp6xw8gd8b@user-jp6xw8gd8b2 ай бұрын

  • Traitors are bad for both sides.

    @user-jg7kw1tq1t@user-jg7kw1tq1t3 ай бұрын

    • Who are the traitors?

      @stefan2796@stefan27963 ай бұрын

  • Are they going to Spain too?

    @FortressUS@FortressUS2 ай бұрын

  • Whew! Tough decisions Best of luck!

    @PacoOtis@PacoOtis3 ай бұрын

  • They probably even got on prison for thinking by themselfs in the first place.

    @spacewargamer4181@spacewargamer41812 ай бұрын

  • They finally took the red pill🤣

    @wvt5825@wvt58253 ай бұрын

  • Wow - I saw Adislav choosing to join the...was it Freedom of Russia unit? - over six months ago. Preferable to returning to Russia and being killed. If he's still alive he's exceeded all expectations. They cut a bit out, the recruiter in the bus asked him what unit he was with and he replied "Wagner". The recruiter nodded knowingly. It's good to know it went well and he's fighting on the better side now - and alive. Not sure I believe he always intended to surrender but there you go. Good luck to him and Mikhail!

    @MG99673@MG996733 ай бұрын

  • Ironically their fighting for Ukraines & Russias freedom.

    @Paul-pb4wv@Paul-pb4wv3 ай бұрын

    • What kind of freedom are they afraid of? They fight for the sake of the West and NATO. Ukraine was already living well until all these countries put their hands there

      @veroni800@veroni8002 ай бұрын

  • Are the poligraphed!

    @keepitrazzy9370@keepitrazzy93703 ай бұрын

  • На канале у Дмитрия Апостоловича Карпенко есть интервью их 👍🏻

    @Alex-tj2tg@Alex-tj2tg3 ай бұрын

    • Dima is a genius He talked to *Pers when wounded, right?

      @Maja-Danmark@Maja-Danmark3 ай бұрын

    • Всё ясно: свадебные генералы песчаных карьеров.

      @user-co3uc8vt7e@user-co3uc8vt7e3 ай бұрын

    • @@Maja-Danmark left

      @Alex-tj2tg@Alex-tj2tg2 ай бұрын

  • Slava Ukraine

    @Afura33@Afura3321 күн бұрын

  • Like you would let this happen, there undercover

    @user-dj3yv6je9n@user-dj3yv6je9n3 ай бұрын

  • Because they are intelligent and good peoples.

    @ericlandry5890@ericlandry58903 ай бұрын

  • Sounds like nothing changes really lol

    @huckfinn4259@huckfinn42593 ай бұрын

  • It is not ethnicity but the faith that defines who we are.

    @lambdacalculus8316@lambdacalculus83163 ай бұрын

    • Russia invading Ukraine is like Finland invading Sweden, yes there's some bad blood but also, we are cousins, why would we die fighting each other?

      @avokka@avokka3 ай бұрын

    • ​@@avokka This is all about genocidal and getting rid all of Ukraine history out.

      @edgychico9311@edgychico93113 ай бұрын

    • what do you mean Faith

      @user-co5vf5ph8p@user-co5vf5ph8p3 ай бұрын

    • FAITH? Faith in what?

      @Scaleyback317@Scaleyback3173 ай бұрын

    • that it is, @@edgychico9311 , that it is. :( children deported en masse, and "losing" the paperwork, meaning itll be near impossible to trace back their parents as they're settled somewhere in eastern Russia or Northwest Russia, mass graves, banning of Ukrainian in the occupied regions, its horrid.

      @avokka@avokka3 ай бұрын

  • Brothers!✌️

    @MikalinaToo@MikalinaToo3 ай бұрын

  • What were they in jail for?

    @josephsmith106@josephsmith1063 ай бұрын

    • one for fraud and one for assault

      @Blabla-od7vt@Blabla-od7vt3 ай бұрын

    • @@Blabla-od7vt thank you sirrrrrr

      @josephsmith106@josephsmith1063 ай бұрын

    • In rf people are put in jail for little or no reason. Like protesting against putin. Or attending a remembrance for Navalny.

      @stefan2796@stefan27963 ай бұрын

  • The opposite also happens ...

    @didierboulanger6908@didierboulanger69083 ай бұрын

  • Last chance hu😅

    @user-my7db3ys8o@user-my7db3ys8o3 ай бұрын

  • Предателей всегда ждет плачевный конец.

    @Alekhind@Alekhind3 ай бұрын

    • Это не предатели, это оппозиция такая.

      @kilovolt2494@kilovolt24942 ай бұрын

    • @@kilovolt2494 😄

      @Alekhind@Alekhind2 ай бұрын

    • @@Alekhind другую Путин всю поразогнал, только такая и осталась😉

      @kilovolt2494@kilovolt24942 ай бұрын

    • @@kilovolt2494 сейчас и эту разгоняют успешно)) поэтому сочувствую всей оппозиции не ту сторону выбрали со всех сторон как взгляни 😄😉

      @Alekhind@Alekhind2 ай бұрын

    • @@Alekhind ну ничего страшного, эту оппозицию пока что разгоняют, потому что они с цветочками и плакатиками ходят. А придут вот эти из РДК и ЛСР, этих уже так просто не разгонят)))) Помнишь, летом один повар на Москву пошел? Так у него на пути никого не встретилось. Ни росгвардии тебе, ни полиции, ни ДПС. Все в штаны наложили. Так что ждите, скоро и вот эти пойдут "голосовать"😉😉😉

      @kilovolt2494@kilovolt24942 ай бұрын

  • horrible situation... fight against innocent people who only want to defend their country... but fighting against your own people?

    @LifeLab1979@LifeLab19792 ай бұрын

  • Ghosts of Jail

    @71518@715183 ай бұрын

  • После слов "наша зона бвла перекрыта в три кольца спецназа", я понял что человек очень честный и врать не будет

    @user-le1jw4gn4y@user-le1jw4gn4y3 ай бұрын

    • Ага)

      @artemsergeev6462@artemsergeev64622 ай бұрын

    • Да еще и по 159-й осужден был

      @artemsergeev6462@artemsergeev64622 ай бұрын

    • 😂😂😂

      @VasiLisa103@VasiLisa103Ай бұрын

  • This is so f-ed up in so many ways.

    @yo2trader539@yo2trader5393 ай бұрын

  • If man looks like this in Russia im moving to Russia lol

    @SarahLane-un1rn@SarahLane-un1rn3 ай бұрын

  • Two of the smartest Russians. There must be a God!

    @dieselboy610@dieselboy6102 ай бұрын

  • Redemption canbtake many forms

    @emmot44@emmot443 ай бұрын

  • Please keep it like the way it is, Russian Human Brothers, FIGHTING FOR BETTER FUTURE, A Unique Opportunity Both Of You Have In Your HANDS, EMBRACED HONORED, DON'T WASTED, REWARD WILL FOLLOW

    @alfredonavarrete2007@alfredonavarrete20073 ай бұрын

  • Foi a escolha deles depois

    @augustomahumane7093@augustomahumane70933 ай бұрын

  • Hard to trust guys like these.

    @HunterShows@HunterShows3 ай бұрын

  • непонятно... они за Россию или за Укроину?

    @user-ix4qm3gr1r@user-ix4qm3gr1r3 ай бұрын

  • I hope these young men survive and can turn their lives around and have a solid future in Ukraine or anywhere else but Russia. I wish them luck.

    @acrossthepond4792@acrossthepond47923 ай бұрын

    • These videos are fake......If Russia is so bad then why did 4 million in Crimea VOTE to leave Zelensky rule and join Russian Federation? Out of 1,250,00 votes 81%. Same with 7 million in Donbass..that is 11 million gone and another 14 million in west Ukraine fled to Poland and EU. Tell us Goober

      @chadhaire1711@chadhaire17113 ай бұрын

    • Я тоже желаю им удачи. Привет из России.

      @Olga-1409-ru@Olga-1409-ru3 ай бұрын

  • Lets all, hope this witness gets out to other good souled ruzzian troops who are thinking about defecting to fight w the Ukraine army. ...w Putin chances of survival are slim to zero. Who knows the Ukraineians might give these 2 options later, stay on the front or work behind the lines in supply transport , medic transports, Hope both good souls find a good life in Ukraine, family, jobs, peaceful life.

    @user-yo9pv1ni6t@user-yo9pv1ni6t3 ай бұрын

  • Slava Evropa!

    @KarolusMaximus@KarolusMaximus3 ай бұрын

  • KYIV, Feb 15 (Reuters) - Ukraine said on Thursday it was withdrawing troops from some parts of the eastern town of Avdiivka to better positions after months of heavy fighting, and battle-hardened reserve fighters from a crack brigade have joined the battle. Russia is trying to encircle and capture Avdiivka nearly two years after its full-scale invasion of Ukraine and Kyiv's foothold in the town appears increasingly shaky, with its supply lines threatened. Capturing Avdiivka is key to Russia's aim of securing full control of the two provinces that make up the industrial Donbas region, and could hand President Vladimir Putin a battlefield victory to hold up to voters as he seeks re-election next month. "In Avdiivka a manoeuvre is underway in some places to withdraw our units to more advantageous positions, in some places to force (the Russians) out of positions," Ukrainian military spokesman Dmytro Lykhoviy said in televised comments.

    @Shurem-iw7js@Shurem-iw7js3 ай бұрын

  • This shows Ukraine violating several conventions including POW refoulment and civil defense commitments of partnership for peace directives 1994. Disarmament and peace building is more important than bloodshed coups.

    @4d17y4h@4d17y4h3 ай бұрын

  • Оставьте себе этих героев. Всё равно они уже и так не смогут вернуться домой.

    @ronwinter2390@ronwinter23903 ай бұрын

    • что им помешает?

      @kilovolt2494@kilovolt24942 ай бұрын

  • What could be more meaningless than an interview with a prisoner of war? It is obvious that he will tell you what they want to hear from him.

    @teongrey91@teongrey913 ай бұрын

  • Why is it always convicts who defect?

    @user-co3uc8vt7e@user-co3uc8vt7e3 ай бұрын

    • What does "convicted" mean, in present day rf? And you also know that these people are not always convicts.

      @stefan2796@stefan27963 ай бұрын

    • @@stefan2796 Consult the video title. RF recruits imprisoned criminals to its armed forces and paramilitaries. Criminals defect. Simple as that.

      @user-co3uc8vt7e@user-co3uc8vt7e3 ай бұрын

    • @@stefan2796 They wouldn't recruit political prisoners into their armed forces. Because political prisoners are guaranteed to defect. But of course same can be said of regular criminals.

      @user-co3uc8vt7e@user-co3uc8vt7e3 ай бұрын

    • @@stefan2796 It's right there in the title. And I remember a few similar videos, all specifically about ex-convicts defecting.

      @user-co3uc8vt7e@user-co3uc8vt7e3 ай бұрын

    • @@user-co3uc8vt7e Under putin's regime everyone who is against him or against this war, is arrested. So what does "convicted" mean anyway?

      @stefan2796@stefan27963 ай бұрын

  • Petrov and Bashirov

    @yadamsurensh4003@yadamsurensh40032 ай бұрын

  • They just want their own benefit only, not a Ukraine or Russia

    @Alexander_the_II@Alexander_the_II3 ай бұрын

  • Now they fight for TikTok and onlyfans😂😂😂😂😂

    @CornelCretu-rt2zw@CornelCretu-rt2zw2 ай бұрын

  • Yes some went against Hitler in the war, even know that is where they were born.

    @glennbaker5430@glennbaker54303 ай бұрын

  • Medal of honor the movie about putin same thing poor bastard wasted of war crazy people turned fight each other reckless 🤷‍♂️

    @kelhori1494@kelhori14943 ай бұрын
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