"This is their choice": the Armed Forces created a battalion of Russians who are ready to fight against Putin - the media

It has already included dozens of Russians, including many representatives of ethnic minorities (storms, Yakuts and others). They had to go to Ukraine through third countries to get to the Armed Forces. It is noteworthy that, unlike the Legion "Freedom of Russia" and other volunteer formations, "Siberia" is part of a regular Ukrainian army. "This is their choice, and he shows that not all Russians support Putin," the instructor and commander with the call sign "Baty" told reporters.

The publication writes that Ukraine expects to attract more citizens of Russia, especially representatives of national minorities, before the war against the Kremlin's aggression. All Siberia servicemen were thoroughly inspected for support for Ukraine, and then signed a contract with the Armed Forces. "We need to destroy the Kremlin regime," the 29-year-old Yakut told journalists with the call sign "Vargan".

According to him, he had no military experience, but he came to Ukraine from Irkutsk to join the Armed Forces. "I want Yakutia to be a free democratic country. It is a very rich country, but people are so poor. Only the officials who serve Putin live well," he said. A man with a call sign "Gandhi", who came to Ukraine from the Moscow region of the Russian Federation, stated that he wanted to fight the crimes committed by his own state. According to him, he feels responsible for what is happening.

"I understand that I can be killed in the first battle, but it is much more scary for me to feel like an accomplice of evil coming out of my country," he said. Earlier it was reported that in the battles for Avdiivka noticed fighters of PEC "Wagner".