translator: well, i came here to fight. if i were concerned about my safety, i would not have left russia. my goal is to be useful to my homeland, to ukraine. my goal is to be here until ukraine wins the war. i want to see victory, and i want to see a victory parade in kyiv and in my own hometown, and i don t regret this at all. reporter: volobuev may not be a household name in the west or even in russia for that matter, but his voice is added to a chorus of prominent russians turning their backs on putin as the war in ukraine drags on. from this tv journalist, who protested on the evening news, to two former government officials and these oligarchs hit by sanctions. the interesting question perhaps is will it encourage others? those people who have spoken have restricted themselves to very benign statements about regretting the loss of life in ukraine. but clearly fearful about what can happen to them. so it would, i think, take many more brave people to stand up