Meet The Russians Changing Sides (And Why They're Defecting)

These Russian soldiers are risking their lives to get out of the war.
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Today we look into the Russian soldiers that are voluntarily surrendering to Ukraine. This is an effort facilitated by the Ukrainian 'I Want To Live' project which has assisted more than 300 Russian soldiers in surrendering so far in the war. Some of these soldiers are fleeing the Russian army because they simply want to survive and maybe seek asylum in Europe, but others are choosing to defect to Ukraine where they will head back into the fight against Putin.
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[@PrestonStewart]

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[@GafferBob]

Preston,Thanks for platforming Ground News. It's been on my toolbar for awhile.

[@rocko7711]

🇺🇦

[@LucasDimoveo]

I don’t understand how any group could treat their own this way. If the Russian military is willing to do this to their soldiers, what would they have done to Ukraine if the initial invasion succeeded?

[@looinrims]

@@LucasDimoveo you don’t know much about Russian history then

[@Dan-ks2qw]

It is enough to look at Ukrainian soldiers who return from captivity. They look like they returned from a concentration camp

[@ADobbin1]

Bucha across the country.

[@a5cent]

Our western mindset makes it very difficult to understand, but it makes complete sense to them. In many ways western and Russian mentalities are opposites. We believe in and celebrate individualism. They believe in the collective. We think of people voluntarily joining the military as a somewhat selfless act for which we are thankful. In Russia it's expected. Our soldiers defend values and freedoms. Their soldiers defend the empire or Russian greatness. We can go on and on... mentalities differ. Of course I'm generalizing here. This isn't true of every individual. There are plenty in Russia with very western mindsets too, particularly those who grew up with western movies and never knew the USSR, but there are still differences.

[@looinrims]

@@a5cent yeah we believe in human rights…and Russians don’t

[@judithbradford9130]

The heroic woman who got herself and her children OUT of Russia to find her husband in Ukrainian captivity is now running a program facilitating POW contact with their relatives! because in Ukraine, competence and loyalty and hard wok are REWARDED, not punished. In Russia she was a target, in Ukraine she is a valued and respected asset free to follow her heart and do the work she sees needs doing.

[@YearOfTheDog82]

that is an amazing story. Do you happen to remember her name?

[@satiricgames2129]

Such a hopeful story . How wonderful

[@veridian79]

Don't give her name

[@RextheDragon881]

Those punishment pits are hellish. Even for the russians

[@SaFteiNZz]

Mind if I remember the gulags?

[@RextheDragon881]

@@SaFteiNZz touche

[@GeorgeGeorgeOnly]

"hellish"? They're not even that good!

[@aleksandrs1422]

What do you mean, even for the Russians?

[@RextheDragon881]

@@aleksandrs1422 like russia is brutal. Conditions for soldiers are not the same as wester countries

[@looinrims]

War crimes aren’t shameful but surrendering in protest is Russian logic

[@Brent4685]

Well, as for you, the invasion of Iraq in the name of oil is not a "violation of international law" or the fact that Israel is staging a total genocide in the Gaza strip is not a war crime... and yes, I forgot to remind you that the international Criminal Court a few years ago wanted to try the American military for war crimes in Afghanistan and Iraq... and the United States threatened them with sanctions... and the investigations were closed... Oh, I'm sorry, "this is different" as the American State Department says))) American logic)))

[@looinrims]

@@Brent4685 that’s not why Iraq was invaded Israel isn’t staging (had to change the words didn’t you?) a genocide Telling they had so much evidence that mere sanctions were enough to make them think otherwise But whatever you tell yourself to sleep at night ‘muh America bad! Muh israel bad!’

[@bcarrant1]

Drops mic

[@bjornstahle4652]

@@Brent4685 nice try. Not the argument at hand. Thanks for playing.

[@cemreomerayna463]

@@Brent4685 Both the war in Iraq and the war in Gaza were and are actively protested by the Americans. Americans pulled out of Vietnam and Afghanistan due to public pressure. Russian atroticites in Ukraine and many other post-soviet countries are at best dismissed by the Russian population. You are not contributing to anything by showing the Western audience the obvious. You are just parroting a cliche whataboutism to defend your animals you support.

[@hard2getitrightagain314]

Russia has treated returned prisoners as traitors ever since the October revolution. The Czars may have been little better. Paranoia is something of a Russian mainstay

[@aleksandrs1422]

You should visit here. It's cheap and safe. Maybe that'll help Praying for you people 🙏

[@hard2getitrightagain314]

@@aleksandrs1422 I would love to. I am glad to be told that. Just don't get drafted. I could have been more precise. Russian governments tend to behave as though they fear all outside influences.

[@aleksandrs1422]

@@hard2getitrightagain314 nothing can be farther from the truth. Russian diplomatic core has decent relations with any country that didn't specifically chose to antagonise Russia. That's a rare feat. Russia has probably both the biggest Mosque and the biggest Buddhist temple in Europe. Russia welcomes western culture and adores Western people. Russia is awesome, people are nice, Moscow is the best city in Europe and any random Kazan or Sochi is probably much better than you imagine it to be. Research visiting. Tons of westeners do, none get drafted. It's very safe

[@NotoriusMaximus]

@@aleksandrs1422 LOL Бро

[@aleksandrs1422]

@@NotoriusMaximus ага. Показать бы Парижанам Ебург или Берлинцам Нижний. Согласен?

[@Shiny101]

Meanwhile we have Americans who constantly defend Russia

[@GTARC-2023]

MAGGATS are a curse to society.

[@Scaleyback317]

There's no accounting for just how stupid some people can be - eventually they will learn the hard way.

[@hecmen7298]

There’s a pro Russian channel “history legends” where you see how many pro Russian people in the comments section. Just unreal

[@sharonmontag2389]

Then there's the stupid American who went to join the Russian army because he thought they were great. On one of the other channels, they reported that he was murdered by wo Russian men who had been drinking

[@zacablaster]

@@hecmen7298 Do not forget the sheer number of commiebots on the internet. Been around facebook lately? All websites are that badly overrun, some just hide it better .Russian propaganda doesn't just come from their bots, it comes from anyone who would benefit from destabilizing the US and EU.

[@Nyle5]

Thank god my parents immigrated from Russia 25 years ago when I was a child. To Israel of all places. And now instead of fighting in Ukraine I serve in Gaza. But I had conversations with friends - what would I do if I stayed. Would I fight ? For me now it's an easy answer - I would surrender as fast as possible, probably would run toward Ukraine on the first night. I am ready to die for Israel (I would rather not to put it mildly, but willing to take the risk). But I am definitely not ready to risk anything for Putin. Not Russia, Putin. As far as I see it, Putin is enemy number one of Russian people. But I also don't know if I would take arms against Russian forces. It still aches me to see Russian death toll as much as it is to see Ukrainian. I also don't know if I would still prefer to surrender if I never immigrated, and was raised on Russian propaganda. I don't know. It sucks. This war sucks, all wars suck.

[@yu6387t3d]

inshallah u will not have to worry abt these issues long if u don't repent and continue on this destructive path

[@judithbradford9130]

what you said!!

[@mmedved5567]

👍

[@nicolasolton]

Interesting. How do you view what is going on in Gaza, South Lebanon, and with the Yemen Houthis? Do you see a way out for Israel in the near future that does not mean constant warfare for years, maybe decades to come? Stay safe out there, and good luck.

[@Nyle5]

@@nicolasolton no, at this point, I don’t see an and to this. About my view. Well, Hamas, Hezbollah and Houthies all has death to Israel in their motto/manifesto. So we have to fight them. And it’s funny to me in a sad way when people say “oh, death to Israel doesn’t mean death to Israelis”. In my reserve service I am in a Homefront, in a what is called the search and rescue forces, and I was part of the clean up after October 7th. Removing burned cars, demolition of buildings, mapping the destruction of kibbutzim, search of dead bodies and more. And as part of Homefront, visited funerals, spoke to relatives. I have seen exactly what “Death to Israel” means. Many of the atrocities were not done by hamas, they were busy with the army bases (which by the way they attacked our main base and killed 4 people I knew personally. They killed more, but I knew 4 of them). Most atrocities were done by civilians, and the videos of Noa’s body paraded under cheering of the crowd still haunts me. And while many civilians do not support hamas and their actions, many do. Before october 7 I was very pacifistic, I was for 2 state solution, I thought we need peace, now, I don’t know. No one knows. Especially who claim to know.

[@goobfilmcast4239]

Preston, how about a segment on the condition of exchanged prisoners ?

[@PrestonStewart]

Have done some shorter segments on that but would make for a good video. Appreciate the suggestion!

[@timmommens901]

​@@PrestonStewart @36obrmp POW exchange 36th Marine Brigade.

[@yakovbrod9992]

@@PrestonStewart How about talk about all the men who came here to fight the Ukrainians. To stop the mind virus.

[@AverageLama]

@@PrestonStewart In addition to that, could you speak on alleged killings / mistreatment of prisoners on both sides? I feel like a lot of news coming from Ukrainian is very 'polished', while it's not likely reflective of the entire Ukrainian military even one or two unlawful killings are worth recognizing, this goes for Russia too. Hopefully this war ends shortly and less blood can be spilled. Love the videos!

[@pablodiviso7909]

@@AverageLama I've personally only known of a very few cases of mistreatment or war crimes from Ukraine, mostly in the beginning of the full scale invasion when a lot of civilians were fighting for their hometown which is hardly a representation of the Ukrainian military. But compared to what Russia does on their military scale is goddamn diabolical and is impossible to compare with Ukraine.

[@uranusismightybig5111]

Lots of crying ruzkie bots here today. Very amusing 👏 Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦✌️

[@TheWasatchCrown]

They have been everywhere on youtube since 2014.

[@ccvcharger]

That’s all they can do because the truth doesn’t support them, and the freer parts of the world can clearly see that.

[@leifsoderman]

It cant be an easy decision to take when you know what will happen to you if you fail.

[@aleksandrs1422]

@@leifsoderman or especially if you succeed, remember the Spain heli hijacker

[@nicolasolton]

​@@aleksandrs1422what was the story with Spain heli hijacker, I don't recall hearing that one?

[@aleksandrs1422]

@@nicolasolton he died It was kind of a big story, strange you never heard of it

[@ccvcharger]

@@aleksandrs1422was it related to this war?

[@aleksandrs1422]

@@ccvcharger yeah. Hijacked a Mi-8, got his comrades killed, was granted a retirement at a Spanish villa. Just Google it, brother

[@tech477]

Desertion is a moral act for Russian soldiers. Ukraine in no way threatened their country to be subjected to such a brutal attack.

[@alaricskjelver7014]

seeing a lot of russian sypathizers/bots in the comments. yall are embarrassing yourselves.

[@oodyyftnnctewiomc]

True, weirdos or bots.

[@aleksandrs1422]

Sorry for writing things you disagree with 🙏

[@alaricskjelver7014]

@aleksandrs1422 sorry that you lack empathy or a basis in reality 🙏

[@aleksandrs1422]

@@alaricskjelver7014 lack of empathy? I literally was just called a sympathizer.

[@yakovbrod9992]

@@oodyyftnnctewiomc ok how about debate? I'm willing.

[@jerseyshoredroneservices225]

Fighting for your country is different than fighting for the current leader or current Government of your country. The more you think about it the more blurred the lines become...

[@aleksandrs1422]

Yeah nah. There were Russian and Ukrainian guys who fought against Stalin. Seems like a nice thing until you realise they fought for Hitler. Same here. There's only one pro-Russian side in this war.

[@lost4468yt]

It depends on way more than just the current leader and governments. Governments range in power from absolute, to very slow and limited, to functionally non-existent. Countries in the middle bit are amongst the most stable, second to absolute. If you're in a functionaly limited one, then the leaders etc matter much less than your personal freedoms, culture, economy, social mobility, stability, etc. Russia has an essentially absolute government, but it also lacks most of the others - except relative stability compared to how much of a mess the county is, and a really deep and ingrained culture. It's pretty easy to see why so few have any allegiance to the entire system. And even the culture isn't that functional here as Ukraine wasn't viewed by the general population as an enemy, but very close. To the point where the government had to push a ton of false narratives as they knew they couldn't just flip Ukraine into the enemy overnight. It's a fear and brain washing system, and as soon as the risk outweighs that fear most just flip rapidly. Because why have any true belief in the system

[@aleksandrs1422]

@@jerseyshoredroneservices225 as a Russian, I don't think the lines are blurred at all. Russia wanted peace and was promised NATO non expansion. Russian leaders and more importantly, people, considered West to have been an ally, or at least a reliable partner. The kind you can make deals with, like USSR used to make with the west Reality turned out to be different. And now it's a very simple situation, where you either want Russia to win a war or to lose a war. No, should our troops lose, Putin won't be the only one paying the price. Maybe he won't be paying it at all Poster above would call those simple things "lies" or "narratives". They've not, they're simple truths.

[@jerseyshoredroneservices225]

@@aleksandrs1422 NATO expansion isn't a threat to Russia, its only a threat to Russia's ability to dominate other countries. In the last two years NATO has become bigger, stronger and closer. Ukraine has moved further to the West and reasonable Russians don't feel threatened whatsoever. Putin himself said that he's not concerned with the possibility of NATO attacking Russia. Everybody knows that NATO is defensive and that the people in Western countries are more interested in their economies then starting a war with Russia. Nobody in the West wants to live in poverty so that our money can be used to attack Russia, and everybody knows it. On the other hand, a lot of us are willing to spend and fight to prevent Russia from expanding beyond its current borders (Which does not include the temporarily occupied regions of Ukraine). Your argument makes no sense.

[@captainalex157]

@@aleksandrs1422 then make your government stop this dumb war and get out of Ukraine, no western country is claiming russian territory. then peace and trade again, simple.

[@timf6916]

Being a free person where you can choose is a big big deal.

[@pjbaby19950]

Great job...thanks!

[@josephdelp87]

The saddest story I've heard was a captured Russian calling home from Ukraine. On a video call he was allowed to talk to his family. His parents denied it was him. He showed his tats and everything. Likely they did it so they could collect his death payment. That's sad stuff.

[@ThaVitaGuy]

Keep up the great work Preston Stewart!!!

[@PrestonStewart]

Appreciate that!

[@jesselee3591]

“Surrender curious” 😂

[@hoze1235]

I have decided to come out as surrender curious

[@NAFO_MythicPlague]

Preston Great show. Thank you and all the other Vets who kept us safe and those that keep us safe currently thank you.

[@GIboy1990]

Imagine serving in a military where your comrads are executed without trial for fucking up

[@xeenx420]

Being a Ukrainian Israeli is wild in 2024... Yikes feels like everywhere I go the bombs follow I dont even react anymore

[@slavaldune]

That is a great program.

[@sixfiftyfive2386]

There is such thing as right vs wrong after all - the Truth is with the West

[@martinwinther6013]

And the truth is??

[@KarinaRamazanova-l5q]

Are you serious?

[@jacobbarton8943]

You have to be joking 🤡🤡🤡

[@fidelio9301]

🤡

[@oodyyftnnctewiomc]

@@KarinaRamazanova-l5q Joined Sep 19, 2024

[@DavorGlasnović]

Thanks for your effort and info

[@Engie50Limerick]

what preston never said, its also dangerous. who remembers the chopper pilot who 1st got his family out, then defected with his chopper & spare parts on board? the 3 others on board were ☠by the afu, because they did not want to defect the pilot was sadly ☠ in espana mths later russia does not forgive or forget

[@sergeybebenin]

That's only his fault. He wasn't staying "low"

[@emildavidsen1404]

which is why its so tragic to hear those american and europeans politicians that think a "peace" that dosen't involve a very definitive outcome will make "everything go back to normal" - it wont - Putins Russia will be poised for revenge and Putin will make sure to utilize that.

[@lids4449]

У вас неверная информация. Семья осталась в России. Отец этого лётчика публично с презрением назвал сына предателем. Смотрел это видео

[@sergeybebenin]

@@lids4449 wow what a shocker.... Not

[@Engie50Limerick]

@@lids4449 bot

[@philippick7040]

Good presentation again dude its good you take time to look patience is a virtue doing this Ryan Jake and Perun also shining examples and you all help in different ways also really like battle and beers never heard of him till watching you keep up the good work much love from Wales

[@kevinpeet3581]

There does appear to be a strain of meanness and brutality in the Russian culture, and especially in the leadership.

[@HerrJordel]

"What would it take to risk your life to leave your country" me being Mexican like 🤔

[@kaf2303]

As usual a thoughtful analysis of a bad situation. Thanks Preston for your continued service!

[@shawnr771]

Thank you for the commentary. If the punishments do not fit the infraction and the conditions are intolerable. It is the duty of every person to throw of the yoke of opression. There have been numerous mutinies by US personnel. One of the more famous ones was during the Mexican American War. Irish soldiers were treated so badly by their officers that they switched sides. Many of the officers who deemed them traitors and defectors wouls go on to do the same thing by renouncing their Oath to The Constitution and committing Treason by waging war of the United States as officers of the Confederacy.

[@jakeholmannf]

They hanged John Brown for a traitor, they themselves the traitor crew but his soul goes marching on!

[@terryraynor8919]

Preston you served in the Army, so you know exactly how difficult it would be to switch on everything you know and believed! Good job on the video like always!

[@BooleanDisorder]

Surrender-curious xD

[@Kaiquintos]

"What would it take for you to risk your life to abandon your country?" The moment my country starts to treat people as nothing more than a resource it can spend. It could also be the moment rights and liberties start being actively ignored and dismissed. In other words, when it goes from a nation state to an over glorified prison colony.

[@mikea1127]

Are people really not aware how badly it is going? People need to get out more...

[@Matthew-ex9qt]

Keep up the excellent work, and thank you. This is an interesting story, and it's good news when lives are saved. I pray for peace.

[@CoastalReaction]

I once blindly believed propaganda, until about 2016.

[@mmedved5567]

WTF are you yapping about,?

[@Oblivisci........]

And you now what? Believe the VERY obvious bullshit of the Kremlin?

[@CoastalReaction]

@@mmedved5567 judging from your previous messages, you obviously suffer from psychotic levels of bias.

[@ccvcharger]

Well, it most certainly has gotten harder for governments to control the narrative when every major event in the world is now covered by a million privately owned cameras, and channels like this one appeared and introduced the world to open source intel.

[@zell9058]

Didn’t Solzhenitsyn describe a very similar thing to the pit in The Gulag Archipelago?

[@b.questor]

What will it take? No bread, no potatoes?

[@veridian79]

I wish it was easier for them to just up and leave their positions. Thanks for the content.

[@iggvec5769]

I love you are not scared to say what you feel... because everyone with brain knows Russia have to go home. ❤

[@chrisshaw380]

Be safe brother

[@glennpearce7093]

I love your channel Stewart no bullshit just straight to the point 👍

[@dk6024]

The pit is called an oubliette.

[@carolwilliams8511]

These are some brave men.

[@gaborbakos7058]

The white-blue-white flag on the uniform of the Russian soldiers deserted to Ukraine is the symbolic flag of a peaceful, non-violent Russia. The red strip(symbol of blood) is removed from the official Russian flag. And yes it was the flag of the Novgorod Republic where was democracy 700 years ago and it is a symbol of a normal version of Russia.

[@aleksandrs1422]

Also, and this is important, looks gay

[@a_lethe_ion]

That's a weird definition of gay , sasha

[@Khronogi]

​​@@aleksandrs1422? How? And if it does, why do you care?

[@gaborbakos7058]

@@aleksandrs1422 So, you are a Russian bot.

[@gaborbakos7058]

@@Khronogi Don't argue with a Russian bot. It is just a Russian commenting algorithm.

[@Sk0lzky]

This is on top of thousands deserting with the help of NGOs like "Go through the forest" and similar, not to mention just regular people who bail. Of course Ukraine has its own draft dodgers and such (whom I don't blame, anomia is understandable in countries like the US, Germany or Poland, and Ukraine is not even close to these in most metrics, including the belief in the elites) but there doesn't seem to be anything like this.

[@nicolasolton]

Preston, do you have any data on how many Russians request not to be exchanged back to Russia? I have always wondered at this, since conditions in Russia are so bad, and also the fact that Ukraine needs its POWs back. Also, does Ukraine guarantee this to all Russians not wanting to go back to Russia? Thanks.

[@Tricklarock]

'Bike Curious" 🤣

[@SamtheIrishexan]

If we had 300 defections in the US military on a hotline I would not want to see the faces on the top brass.

[@johngill8236]

to anser you opening question it took 1/5 of that 10 million that RT sent Tim Pool and his RW podcast channel Tenant Media

[@OlNineToes]

Comment for the algorithm

[@jimg2850]

I presume they think that Russia's best future is after losing this war.

[@linuxtuxvolds5917]

Thanks for the updates. Screw these guys.

[@nate8932]

all im going to say is that if soldiers defected from the usa army in iraq because they believed that their government was lying and that they were fighting an unjust and unprovoked war, the response would not be the same in this comments section. The usa would have done the same thing the russian army did, probably worse

[@joelbrown3479]

Thanks for your continued exceptional professional service 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 Bx😎

[@Dramathias]

"To stay in Ukraine or other European countries"? Not sure byt I think the EU will not permit this.

[@danh6720]

Where freedom dwells, there is my country.

[@noelmaher4633]

I doubt you have ever been to Russia.... See their history of surrendering, they don't..

[@Christian-h8b]

Interesting , Like your Style of make that . Sorry Bad english

[@63Jax]

You can not expect ruzzians to show empathy towards uk prisoners,when they don't even care about their own people and citizens. Just remember what stalin did to his population back in the days. For some reason ruzzia still live in medieval times.

[@hardtelling3879]

Just noticed Im unsubscribed, no idea when it happened but resubscribed 👊.

[@ttexastt]

Why would they defect to a losing side?

[@JusufBideovic]

Heroji, Junaci! Poštovanje braniteljima.

[@joycarter757]

Link doesn't work

[@joycarter757]

Sorry, the 'pinned' link did work

[@PrestonStewart]

Seems to be working here, just tested it again

[@snowscapephile4709]

What is Edward Snowden doing these days?

[@shamanmann001]

It would take another attempt to overthrow the democratic process

[@draega570]

"Hide the Paywall" feature alone is worth it. I know they like to make sure you (streamers) mention the blond spot feature, but it's meh. Sometimes insightful.

[@SkyGlitchGalaxy]

Interesting stories. But 300 Russians... if the number was 10 times that, it wouldn't make a differance.

[@ddddoc7078]

Each one is -1 for russia and +1 for Ukraine at the same time. Plus, each one has some level of insider knowledge which increases their value

[@mmedved5567]

1000+ to per day. It Eff'ing adds up dimmo. Try re-taking second grade math. 🤣

[@tafm3446]

If your country is Russia then it's. Not that hard a choice.

[@I-Z0MBIE]

@PrestoneStewrat lol was that a between the leg overhanded "hint" or subtitle "Bye way..." one might say Mimic actions or ideology's here in our US-O-A? But I'm old and What was i talking about? ill sit here for a seck get my wind as they don't say good stuff keep making em ill keep on peeping em!

[@Dominic21607]

“Back in the winter of 2024”

[@ColonelSandersLite]

I'll be honest here. I completely misread this title... Here I was thinking that maybe someone gave them a bunch of taco bell.

[@ccvcharger]

I’m curious now what exactly you thought the title said.

[@ColonelSandersLite]

@@ccvcharger The word defecting? Put an a between the c and the t.

[@ccvcharger]

@@ColonelSandersLite ah right. Man I’m slow af to not see that.

[@robertmueller6979]

Your Ground News link is dead 404

[@SkyGlitchGalaxy]

There are stories of Soviets defecting to the Germans during the final weeks of the battle of Stalingrad - during a time the Germans were encircled. Defections are part of every war, Russians up to down have done vert little of it.

[@jacobbarton8943]

Now do a video how Ukrainians are fighting for Russia

[@oodyyftnnctewiomc]

Now go and eat the pills in your drawer.

[@gappleton8255]

It's great how you russian idiots have shown up here to validate Preston's significance!

[@tracboy80]

Specifically any who have been fighting for Ukraine, not civilians. I don't think you will find many. I wonder why that is.

[@Hyperllam4]

The prisoners of war that Russia is forcing to fight for them?

[@aleksandrs1422]

@@tracboy80 uhm. Even if you discount Ukrainian Navy guys from Crimea, Berkut policemen and people in Donbass who held Ukrainian passports and then fought for their regions and then for Russia, which is tens of thousands, I'm pretty sure you'd be left with more than 300 people, brother And yeah. Wonder why that is indeed It's curious both on the face of it, and the fact that it apparently isn't well reported where you get your Ukraine news

[@The_Strudel_Man]

I wonder how these “traitors” will be seen after the war

[@Foreign0817]

Probably can't re-enter Russia. Unless there was a massive culture shift.

[@RextheDragon881]

If they stay in ukraine I would think they would be seen positively

[@Jack_Redview]

Depends who the “winner” is. The winners of wars get to write their own manuscripts

[@RextheDragon881]

@@Jack_Redview agreed

[@The_Strudel_Man]

@@RextheDragon881 but lest be realistic not a lot of people will want to be in Ukraine even after the war is over like their really isn’t an economy left and living their is kinda like living in a shithole

[@didntwork9990]

Freedom Russian Legion.... Decent Russian People...The World needs You... Please wake up...

[@13BulliTs]

If my country the Netherlands invaded say Luxemburg, I would immediately deflect to Luxemburg and sell out my country in a heartbeat, 😂 😂

[@i-heart-google7132]

first!

[@PrestonStewart]

Confirmed first

[@RextheDragon881]

I saw a really funny version of the "first" comment on another channel. Something like "what life decisions have lead me to being first to this video" to be fair it was a comedy channel and on a week day

[@partymariner]

Some three million Soviet soldiers sided with the third Reich during WW2! Seems like some things never change!😊

[@luarguadalupe5502]

Perhaps dsame ?

[@kemarisite]

"Surrender curious", why do I foresee a huge influx of French-themed spam comments?

[@RextheDragon881]

Ahhh the good ol surrender monkey type title for French. Pre ww2 the french where a military powerhouse. But most Americans just go for the low hanging fruit

[@CharlieKoth]

These are some brave dude. When this war first started i was happy to see or hear of any Russian casualties but as time went on I realized that ww dont know which soldiers disagree and are just trying to survive until their contracts are up. Don't get me wrong I know there are many unhumanly evil Russians fighting there but as this story shows not ALL of them are bad. There is many more willing to or are contemplating soing the same thing as these men. These dudes that do this are not traitors when they are defecting to the good side, they are heros. I hope to hear a lot more stories about guys like this. I remeber hearing about a helicopter piolare who defected as well. Unfortunately he was found in Italy and assassinated.

[@rffromusa8319]

Spain not Italy.

[@fillosof66689]

I would not be hasty to praise people like Silver, the guy from the last segment. He betrayed and killed in cold blood more than a dozen of the people he served alongside, just to save his skin.

[@rffromusa8319]

@@fillosof66689 it's the russian way

[@fillosof66689]

@@rffromusa8319 pretty sure it weren't Russian soldiers that invented fragging. Just saying.

[@rffromusa8319]

@@fillosof66689 and what does that have to do with war crimes committed today, yesterday, the day before, etc. etc.?

[@RoyTra-d1w]

I wouldn't tryst not one of them we know how Russia play those games Ukraine better think about what there doing cause it will out there men in grave danger just not worth it how u know there doung this for real?

[@RichardLady]

Glory to Ukraine 🇺🇦🇺🇦❤️🙏🏻

[@brendajstevens3719]

🙏🇬🇧🙏🇬🇧🙏🇬🇧

[@Traumawarrior77]

Surrender…..”curious”! 😂 😂😂😂😂 I do t believe you were trying to be funny Preston on the rollout. Maybe you were. Lol

[@macdelttorres3366]

I was stationed in Polk back in 2016 and had “US” soldiers state they supported isis and command did nothing, and swept it under the rug…… if it happens in peace time I can’t imagine seeing your country at war how many would defect to the other side…. We had many nazi sympathizers in the us congress and in us cities…. We have also see so many Chinese and Russian sympathizers in recent history , these are people in government can’t imagine how many ordinary people there could be

[@kevinh.2244]

what would it take for me to leave Canada? not much. lower rent, better prospects. all of this found in the states, will be leaving soon. hard to find the right state, with my field of work and finding a place to live.

[@BenVaserlan]

I can't find your video on Ukrainians changing sides and why they are defecting. Please link me.

[@SuperMagnum2011]

Thank you. 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇺🇦🇺🇦🇬🇧🇬🇧🇺🇦🇺🇦

[@wilb6756]

Maybe someone can forward the telephone number to Putin?

[@davidlloyd2583]

Yet Thousands going to Russia?

[@garyschannel589]

Are they defecting and jumping into vans?

[@jaxonl7810]

No no that's russia

[@markmathisen3908]

Ha ha, I read your comment quickly and somehow my brain saw it as "DEFECATING and jumping into vans," and I thought, "Well, if you gotta go, you gotta go!" 😂

[@barryon8706]

Let them know that if they sneak into California, they'll get free stuff.

[@flipierfatalbina4757]

Oh shut your mouth.

[@jacobbarton8943]

The libtards love foreigners

[@a_lethe_ion]

Lol usa has no social support, the only people who get free shit in the usa are rich people

[@Ridcally]

ruzzians learned zindans in Afghanistan the hard way and decided to take it to their little black hearts.

[@aleksandrs1422]

I'm a civilian so what do I know. But, destroying equipment and selling secrets to the opposing side sems like pretty blatant treason to me

[@timmommens901]

@@aleksandrs1422 treason to what... to Putin ?

[@mattjohn2782]

Yeah trump is a traitor to US, he belongs for putin

[@aleksandrs1422]

@@timmommens901 to Russia. It's equipment paid for through Russian (actually likely Soviet) labor to defend this country.

[@timmommens901]

​@@aleksandrs1422 To Russia.... Putins war for his ego..... Little to do with the russian people

[@aleksandrs1422]

@@timmommens901 Not any more than Iraq war was for Bush's ego. I would say, even less so. Still imagine a good US soldier with a conscience destroying US equipment and fleeing to seek protection from the poor people of Iraq. Wouldn't be seen as a protest, would it? 🤷‍♂️ Much less is it here where Russian defectors are actually being paid handsomely and provided lavish retirement

[@stevecleveland357]

Both sides are jumping ship. Really moot

[@RaptorKing-bn4bz]

Isn't the ukrainian summer offensive is classified as a meat wave attack?