“Everyone was driving a roof, there were looting, raped their mother and daughter” - a military man from the brigade who is accused of crimes in Bucha

Russian military Nikita Chibrin from the 64th motorized rifle brigade, which is accused of crimes in Bucha, fled from the front and told The Insider about the horrors of the war, which he became witnessed.

“I know for sure that there were facts of looting. I saw how the cars were taken in Lipovka and Andreevka, I saw how they broke cars that could not get, destroyed houses. Apparently, their roof went, they say, we have power, we have tanks, we have BMP, weapons and so on. "Rambo Syndrome" turned on. They took jewelry from houses, mobile devices. ”

Chibrin also confirmed the fact of rape by Russian soldiers of women in Andreevka.

“They had a roof because of this. Many found alcohol in houses and drank. There was a case in Andreevka when the mother and daughter were raped. Four guys did it. One ran away, the rest of the colleagues and command beaten stools. They generally wanted to shoot them. They could not be accused, because there was no evidence, so they were simply fired. ”

The soldier said that Russian soldiers are in terrible conditions at the front.

“People have not been in the normal world for a long time. They did not have normal conditions. The Ukrainian army showed the frames of the trench, where they have everything humanly: refuge, isolation from moisture, normal beds, electricity. The army of Ukraine has a much better attitude towards their soldiers. ”

Also, according to Chibrin, Russian soldiers promised that they would be sent home. The command exerts physical and psychological pressure on those who wanted to leave the front or captured.

“Everyone was intimidated by the member or eggs will be cut off, or they will do something else.”

The soldier also said that he was pretending to be crazy at the front so that he would not be sent to the front line. Due to the fact that he escaped and refused to shoot, everyone turned away from him, including the family.

“I am a traitor to them and that's it. And what, I had to go to war and kill civilians of Ukrainians? Go to jail? The third option remains - just to leave. ”

Chibrin said that he wanted to testify in an international court: “I have nothing to hide. This is the criminal war that Russia began. I want to do everything possible to end it. ”

Chibrin went to the army in the summer of 2021-by his own admission, due to financial problems. In Ukraine, the military claims, his brigade was brought by deception. According to Chibrin, he spent the first month of the war in the village of Lipovka 50 km from Kyiv. During this period, his colleagues staged a genocide in Buch and Andreevka.

On June 16, onsmog to leave Ukraine, hiding in a truck that was heading to Russia. After the escape, he contacted the human rights activists from Gulagu.net to help him leave Russia. On November 15, he landed in Madrid, where he immediately asked for political ranges. According to Chibrin, while his application is under consideration, he will be placed in a temporary center for refugees.