Widespread frontline executions, drugs, arms trafficking: Confessions of a Russian deserter

Sergey (name changed), a Russian deserter, was tricked into signing a contract and, without any preparation, sent straight to the Ukrainian front lines. After six months of hell, he was seriously injured and escaped. In The Insider’s report, Sergey shares how soldiers are forced into deadly “meat grinder assaults,“ how weapons from killed soldiers are smuggled back to Russia, and how commanders deal with those who refuse to fight—by shooting them and leaving their dead bodies right on the battlefield. The report contains shocking details, many of which are being revealed for the first time. 00:00 - Intro 01:18 - Arrival at the front: “All 20 men were killed that very evening” 04:45 - “There are 10 to 15 people left out of the 250” 05:40 - “What do I do?” - “Chop his arm off” 09:26 - “If I don’t have legs, I’ll just shoot myself in the head” 10:18 - Drug use in the Russian ranks 11:24 - “I was crawling over corpses” 14:29 - Execution of privates and lower-ranking personnel 19:12 - Minefields 20:30 - “Guns being smuggled out with dead bodies” 21:28 - “Guys, get yourself a gun and shoot yourself in the head” Text version - Watch this report in Russian - / the_insider_english #theinsider #putin #russia