i saw rapist running around being chased because they were committing rape. the guys who did rape, i saw them run then i learned they were rapist. they raped and murdered a daughter. they were never jailed, just fired, just like that. go! cnn has reached out to the russian defense ministry for comment, but we have not received a reply. russia has consistently denied its forces were responsible for crimes against ukrainian civilians, and president vladimir putin issued a decree praising the 64th separate guards motor rifle brigade for, quote, heroism and bold actions. nikita chibrin fled russia while on leave. he gets emotional when talking about his four-year-old daughter he left behind. he says he wants to testify against his commanders before and international court, to shed light on what happened in the war he never wanted to be a part of. fred pleitgen joins us now. fred, is he afraid that russian forces will come for him? yeah, he s very afraid that
daughter. they were never jailed, just fired, just like that. cnn has reached out to the russian defense ministry for comment, but we have not received a reply. russia has consistently denied its forces were responsible for crimes against ukrainian civilians, and president vladimir putin issued a decree praising the 64th separate guards motor rifle brigade for, quote, heroism and bold actions. fled russia while on leave. he gets emotional when talking about his four-year-old daughter he left behind. he says he wants to testify before his commanders before an international court, to shed light on what happened in the war he never wanted to be a part of. fred pleitgen joins us now. fred, is he afraid that russian forces will come for him? yeah, he s very afraid that that might happen. and he s certainly living accordingly in europe. and you know, one of the reasons we saw there and therefore that he s not
everything, look. reporter: and even rape. translator: i saw rapists running around being chased because they committed rape. the guys who did rape, i saw them run. then i learned they were rapists. they raped and murdered the daughter. they were never jailed, just fired, just like that. the go! reporter: cnn has reached out to the russian defense ministry for comment but we haven t received a reply. russia has denied they were responsible for crimes against ukrainian citizens and vladimir putin issued a decree praising the 64th guard s motor rifle brigade for, quote, heroism and bold actions. he fled russia while on leave. he gets emotional while talking about his 4-year-old daughter he left behind. he said he wants to testify against his commanders before an international court to shed light on what happened in the war he never wanted to be a part of. fred pleitgen, cnn, berlin. all right.
accused of, but witnessed plenty of crimes against ukrainian civilians. they weren t trying to hide it. they did it very openly. everything, whoa, i want this, i want this. and cars too. looting. reporter: and even rape. i saw rapist being chased because they were committing rapeing. they were never jailed, just fired. just like that. go. reporter: cnn has reached out to the russian defense ministry from comment but we haven t received a reply. they have denied its forces were responsible for crimes against ukrainian civilians and president vladimir putin issued a decree praising the 64th separate guards motor rifle brigade for, quote, heroism and bold actions. he fled russia on leave.