Unsettling Events in Eastern Ukraine

Hours after a fierce battle in eastern Ukraine in August, a wounded and unarmed Russian soldier found himself seeking help from his captors, an international unit of volunteers led by an American. Caspar Grosse, a German medic in the unit, witnessed the soldier’s desperate plea for medical attention in a mixture of broken English and Russian as dusk settled over the war-torn trench.

As the team scrambled to locate bandages, a shocking turn of events unfolded. According to Mr. Grosse, a fellow soldier approached the Russian soldier and callously fired his weapon into the man’s torso, leaving him wounded but alive. In a chilling twist, another soldier then ended the wounded soldier’s life with a shot to the head, as Mr. Grosse recounted in a recent interview.

Deeply disturbed by the incident, Mr. Grosse eventually confronted his commander after witnessing further unwarranted killings. Despite the bonds of camaraderie that existed among the soldiers, Mr. Grosse felt compelled to break the silence and shed light on the troubling events that transpired.

The fatal shooting of the defenseless, injured Russian soldier stands out among a series of unsettling killings that have plagued the Chosen Company, a renowned unit of international troops fighting in support of Ukraine’s cause.