An anti-Putin group of Russians fighting on behalf of Ukraine has urged Russian soldiers in Kursk to surrender and fight with Kyiv’s army.
In a call to Russian servicemen on Telegram, the Freedom of Russia Legion paramilitary group said political officers were telling them “to blow yourself up with your own grenade”.
“But hundreds of Russian soldiers ignore the criminal order, choosing to live rather than die for a new colonel’s medal or another Gerasimov mansion,” it said.
The statement called on Russian troops in Kursk to “voluntarily surrender” to Ukraine’s army as some of their “comrades” have already done.
“For those who wish to continue fighting for a normal future for Russia, there remains an ironclad option to join the legion,” it said.
Kyiv claims hundreds of Russian soldiers have been taken prisoner by Ukrainian forces since the start of the Kursk offensive.
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