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Two Russians claiming to be former Wagner commanders admit killing children and civilians in Ukraine
CNN ^ | Apr 18,2023 | Sarah Dean

Posted on 04/18/2023 3:54:00 AM PDT by tlozo

Two Russian men who claim to be former Wagner Group commanders have told a human rights activist that they killed children and civilians during their time in Ukraine.

The claims were made in video interviews with Gulagu.net, a human rights organization targeting corruption and torture in Russia.

In the video interviews posted online, former Russian convicts Azamat Uldarov and Alexey Savichev – who were both pardoned by Russian presidential decrees last year, according to Gulagu.net – describe their actions in Ukraine, during Russia’s invasion.

CNN cannot independently verify their claims or identities in the videos but has obtained Russian penal documents showing they were released on presidential pardon in September and August of 2022.

Uldarov, who appears to have been drinking, details how he shot and killed a five- or six-year-old girl.

“(It was) a management decision. I wasn’t allowed to let anyone out alive, because my command was to kill anything in my way,” he said.

According to Gulagu.net, the testimonies were given to founder and Russian dissident Vladimir Osechkin over the span of a week. It said Uldarov and Savichev were in Russia when they spoke.

'Just to survive': Wagner fighters recount the horrors of battle in eastern Ukraine

“I want Russia and other nations to know the truth. I don’t want war and bloodshed. You see I’m holding a cigarette in this hand. I followed orders with this hand and killed children,” Uldarov said, describing his motivation for the interview...

Uldarov said in the eastern Ukrainian cities of Soledar and Bakhmut – which have seen some of the fiercest fighting – Wagner mercenaries “were given the command to annihilate everyone.”

At one point in the interview, Savichev described how they “got the order to execute any men who were 15 years or older.”

(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
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To: BobL
We point it that there were no reports

Yup, crazy Russian propagandist denies Russians executed civilians in Bucha. No surprise.

42 posted on 04/18/2023 8:18:27 AM PDT by tlozo (> Your Knees )
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To: Forward the Light Brigade
If I was Zelenskyy I would make something really horrible happen and blame it on Russians

He could blow up their gas pipeline. Oh, wait . . .

43 posted on 04/18/2023 8:52:01 AM PDT by Jeff Chandler (THE ISSUE IS NEVER THE ISSUE. THE REVOLUTION IS THE ISSUE.)
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To: dforest

Unnamed sources say that these were Ukrainian soldiers dressed as Wagner troops.


44 posted on 04/18/2023 9:16:24 AM PDT by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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To: BobL
Looks like "Zeeper Anecdote Guy" is on a real tear this morning.

He really loves his pictures, don't he?

Where are the bayoneted baby pictures, though?

45 posted on 04/18/2023 9:19:24 AM PDT by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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To: kiryandil

I believe them more than bozo’s sources. Yes indeed.


46 posted on 04/18/2023 9:21:07 AM PDT by dforest (All of America has derailed.)
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To: tlozo
Yup, its "drag in the kids" when you mention Russian invasion is killing them.

We get it, tlozo. Keep posting more propaganda and lies to hide your previous propaganda and lies.

The proverbial circular firing squad!


47 posted on 04/18/2023 10:02:15 AM PDT by icclearly
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To: Jeff Chandler

Maybe blow up the Valdez Pipeline in Alaska on one of the refineries in Texas? That would hurt America badly.


48 posted on 04/18/2023 1:43:56 PM PDT by Forward the Light Brigade ( Ride to the sound of the Guns!)
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To: tlozo

War is HELL. There are no War Crimes—WAR IS A CRIME! The only Crime in war is losing. Awful things are done on Both Sides—No Angels here. This is true of all WARS—even the so called Good War—WW II—Our GIs did some awful stuff to the French women after D-Day. (Read “What Soldiers Do”. Book) The French have never forgiven us. Only a few Black soldiers were punished for rapes (Shot) and none of the whites. Granted he Germans were worse—and so too the Soviets and Japanese.


49 posted on 04/18/2023 1:52:12 PM PDT by Forward the Light Brigade ( Ride to the sound of the Guns!)
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To: 2banana

In fact the claims are already debunked. The men were raped in prison on video on order of the US-sponsored NGO supposed to defend prisoners’ rights and forced to make such claims for the videos not to be released.


50 posted on 04/18/2023 4:46:48 PM PDT by NorseViking
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To: dforest

Really? Do you Russians ever vet your sources? I have seen the most ridiculous propaganda posted here and you guys lap it up.


51 posted on 04/18/2023 10:27:19 PM PDT by Dat
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To: kiryandil

Unnamed sources say you are a Russian agent on a bot farm.


52 posted on 04/18/2023 10:34:41 PM PDT by Dat
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To: dforest

Testimony from people who claim to have participated in a crime is considered evidence. I despise your kind worse than the left. You will excuse anything if your darling Ruskies did it. No matter the evidence.


53 posted on 04/18/2023 10:37:11 PM PDT by Dat
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To: 2banana

Dailykos.com has a post up about this same report. Hook, line, and sinker. No questioning of the narrative allowed on by the leftists. Several of their commenters suggest that if GOP wins with the Presidential election (Trump or DeSantis) the same thing will occur in the USA. Lunacy.

At least here there are some critical thinkers left that recognize this story is probably fully or partially fake news. (To be fair most at FR are critical thinkers.)


54 posted on 04/18/2023 10:52:29 PM PDT by 13foxtrot
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To: Dat
Unnamed sources say I've been on FR for two years longer than you.

Happy 24th FR anniversary, BTW.

55 posted on 04/19/2023 7:33:12 AM PDT by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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To: dforest; Dat
Gads.

This "Dat" poster is another one of Chrystia Freeland's creatures - a Canadian who enjoys the jackboot of his mistress in the Great White North.

56 posted on 04/19/2023 7:35:56 AM PDT by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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To: Dat; kiryandil

Oh shut up Dat. Whatever Dat means. MYOB in your own craphole. It is a real disaster up there. I bet Castro’s kid is your hero.


57 posted on 04/19/2023 7:53:36 AM PDT by dforest (All of America has derailed.)
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To: Dat
Unnamed sources say you are a Russian agent on a bot farm.

Unnamed sources say you’re a Ukrainian picking up some extra money by pushing Klaus/Soros/Obama/Biden’s agenda.

58 posted on 04/19/2023 11:35:52 AM PDT by Allegra
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To: dforest
"It is a real disaster up there".

Why, are you based in Canada or have you been to Canada? Things seem alright on a day-to-day basis. Lower crime and fewer homeless people than the U.S. It isn't all sunshine and roses, but everything is comparative. Most of the woke is something we hear about on the news but it isn't something you see unless you go to a college campus or a downtown area, with some exceptions.

59 posted on 04/21/2023 6:07:20 PM PDT by Dat
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