A recent report by The New York Times has uncovered serious allegations involving foreign fighters, including Americans, in Ukraine’s “Chosen Company” committing potential war crimes. The article details incidents where surrendered Russian soldiers were allegedly shot and killed instead of being treated as prisoners of war. Eyewitness accounts and video evidence support claims of extrajudicial killings, raising ethical concerns about the conduct of these volunteer units. The report suggests a broader issue within international forces supporting Ukraine, shedding light on actions that contradict international laws of war amid the ongoing conflict with Russia.

The mainstream media’s portrayal of Ukraine has shifted dramatically in recent weeks (if not months). One might notice that Western reporters are finally starting to do their jobs and delve into ‘inconvenient’ truths and stories that no outlet would have touched a year ago amid the broad pro-Kyiv euphoria.

This weekend, a military correspondent for The New York Times published a bombshell piece that highlights not only Ukrainian servicemen but also American and foreign combatants who volunteered with pro-Kyiv forces and may have committed war crimes. The article, titled Murders of Surrendering Russians Divide an American-Led Unit, details how US troops participate in units that perform extrajudicial murders of Russians who have honestly surrendered.

Many of the eyewitness stories originate from a German volunteer known as Caspar Grosse, a medic in an all-foreign unit directed by an American who claims to have observed apparent war crimes and that his conscience has forced him to speak up.

He reported how, in August, a wounded, unarmed Russian soldier attempted a peaceful surrender by crawling and calling out to the Ukrainian front lines. Grosse told the Times that he witnessed the soldier pleading for medical attention in a mix of weak English and Russian. It was dusk. A team member searched for bandages. Then he was astonished to witness the following course of events:

That is when, Mr. Grosse said, a fellow soldier hobbled over and fired his weapon into the Russian soldier’s torso. He slumped, still breathing. Another soldier fired — “just shot him in the head,” Mr. Grosse recalled in an interview.

Mr. Grosse said he was so upset by the episode that he confronted his commander. He said he spoke to The New York Times after what he regarded as unwarranted killings continued.

The unit in question is known as the “Chosen Company” and is largely regarded as the most honorable and well-known volunteer company of international troops. Grosse confirmed this and other comparable instances in his journal, which he handed to the Times.

However, the site possessed video proof to back up its claims, confirming separate such deaths. “In a second episode, a Chosen member lobbed a grenade at and killed a surrendering Russian soldier who had his hands raised, video footage reviewed by The Times shows,” the publication said. “The Ukrainian military released video of the episode to showcase its battlefield prowess, but it edited out the surrender.” This means Ukraine’s military censors and these volunteer units are essentially editing out apparent war crimes before publishing them to the public which amounts to official propaganda.

And, considering that the grenade was thrown by a “Chosen member,” the leaflet is singling out a foreign fighter for extrajudicial death, which violates the Geneva Convention.

The Times examined text messages from a group conversation that it had previously examined. “In a third episode, Chosen members boasted in a group chat about killing Russian prisoners of war during a mission in October, text messages show,” according to the newspaper. “A soldier who was briefly in command that day alluded to the killings using a slang word for shooting.” He stated he would accept responsibility.

Below are some of Grosse’s genuine group chat messages:

“If anything comes out about alleged POW blamming, I ordered it,” wrote the soldier, who uses the call sign Andok. He added an image of a Croatian war criminal who died in 2017 after drinking poison during a tribunal at The Hague.

“At the Hague ‘I regret nothing!’” he wrote. It was one of several text messages reviewed by The Times that make reference, directly or obliquely, to killing prisoners. Andok said in an interview that he had been joking.

According to the report, a Greek soldier known as Zeus was at the center of several incidents involving the killing of Russian POWs or those in the process of surrendering.

“Today a good friend willingly executed a bound prisoner,” Grosse writes in his journal, detailing one of the incidents that Zeus was responsible for. “As the prisoner was sitting in a trench blendage with his jacket draped over his shoulders, Zeus came up behind him and shot him into the back of the head multiple times. Going to bed.”

The New York Times was able to find seven Chosen Company members who were involved in or witnessed the alleged executions. One foreign combatant warned others against “snitching on bros” in a group chat message. According to the individual, “anyone who had spoken to reporters faced years in prison for releasing confidential information.”

“I’d prefer to stop any investigation before it starts and simply say it was a misunderstanding,” the foreign fighter warned, trying to enforce silence among his unit. “End of the day, we are brothers.”

The study, which follows two-and-a-half years of grinding battle with Russia, is most likely only the top of the iceberg. How many more war crimes like these are committed in these foreign units? Until today, the mainstream media appeared to disregard similar abuses by Ukrainian soldiers and instead focused solely on the invaders’ misdeeds. There are probably many more tragic, scandalous instances like this one.

Recently, GreatGameIndia reported that the Ukraine Communications Group, established by the US and Poland earlier this week, could significantly influence US elections by targeting conservative-nationalist opposition and potentially aiding the objectives of the liberal-globalist elite.