INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
A soldier from a Russian unit accused of committing war crimes in the Kyiv suburb of Bucha said he is ready to testify in an international
fellow soldiers committing sexual violence and killing civilians before he deserted his unit in June, four months into the invasion
He implicated fellow soldiers in looting washing machines, electronics and other appliances from Ukrainian homes.Chibrin denies witnessing
Siberia and joined the Russian army in the summer of 2021 due to financial hardship, told The Guardian.Chibrin said he entered Ukraine
across the Belarusian border with his unit, the 64th Separate Guards Motor Rifle Brigade, on the first day of the invasion Feb
west of Kyiv and Bucha, and just south of Andriivka
The 64th brigade was accused of executing civilians in Bucha and Andriivka during that time.According to Chibrin, his commanders stripped
him of his rank as an army mechanic and placed him away from the battlefield after he expressed opposition to the invasion.Chibrin said he
independently verified, but The Guardian said it received documents and photographs from the soldier showing he was stationed with the
brigade.A lawyer for the Russian advocacy group Military Ombudsman, Maxim Grebenyuk, said Chibrin had reached out to him this summer to
discuss his opposition to the war.Chibrin said he arrived this week in Spain, where he spoke with The Guardian from the airport by phone and
his network helped Chibrin evacuate Russia.Spanish authorities declined to comment due to the risk of possible persecution of political
