Brit who fought for Ukraine says Russia ‘doesn’t give a s***’ | World | News

After three years of volunteering and fighting for Ukraine, a British who returned home, said that Russian forces saw that war crimes were “toned”. West Sussex is believed to be one of the only few British citizens placed in Russia’s Kursk region during the attack of Ukraine last summer.

In a special interview with The Express, Russia’s 33 -year -old in headlines after being one of the first British volunteers speaking with the media after the full -scale invasion in February 2022 revealed the sad effects of the war, rare fighting accounts in Kursk and how he avoided death. Mr. Cribb said that he was “ill” because he remembered that Vladimir Putin was witnessing his forces using a chemical substance in attacks on civilians in Avdiivka. He said: “We go out regularly to observe at night and get the scenery. [saw] Phosphorus bombs fall on the settlement, knowing that there were civilians who sleep at that time.

“Russian Air Force or Russian artillery teams knowing phosphorus bombs in the clouds and then falling into the buildings, knowing that they will cause fire, knowing where they landed.”

Mr. Cribb added: ” [the Russians] *** Do not give. They have no care.

“They think they will be conquered by NATO or the West. A rotten ideology, which is only worn out, inherited by the Russians.”

The use of white phosphorus, which can cause severe burns as a weapon on the civilian population, is unlawful.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky earned Russia for more than 183,000 war crimes earlier this year.

Mr. Cribb went to Ukraine on his motorcycle shortly after Russia’s occupation and carried medical equipment.

The medical officer at the time decided to travel after seeing photos of a birth hospital bombed by Russia.

He had to deliver the materials only to the border, but after learning the desperate need of people, he moved to Kiiv, where he decided to stay as a doctor instead of returning home and to be volunteer.

Mr. Cribb helped the treatment of those who advocate capital, and said that he believed that he could be the only stranger of the medal for volunteers who helped protect Kiev.

Authority, at the time, as well as serving with official units, other foreigners were given military equivalent, he added.

The West said that the Kremlin expects Ukraine to fall within three days, but after about a month of fighting, Russian troops began to withdraw from Kiev.

Mr. Cribb remained in the country by providing medical aid and training in Kharkiv before joining Ukraine’s 2nd International Legion.

Although he joined the French foreign legion for the “very short time window”, he said he had never had a military experience before.

Mr. Cribb said he was not a war tourist and he would not see anyone he worked with as one.

Since its establishment in 2022, it is not clear how many people have registered in the international legion of Ukraine, but it is believed to be thousands.

In 2024, Mr. Cribb became a Recce drone pilot and soldier and hoped that the Ukrainian forces could be used as a bargaining chip in Kursk’s peace talks.

There the Briton was shot in the leg and the helmet stopped narrowly stopped the bullet shrapnel on his head.

Speaking for a year since his injury, the former soldier said he was a “miracle” he survived.

The British government continues to invite people not to visit Ukraine.

It is known that more than 40 British volunteers defending Ukraine died in the war.

Returning to England in March after the international legion ended, Mr. Cribb said he believed that the conflict was “worse than the First World War”.

He showed the drone as a great threat and said it was “very grateful”.

“Even though Ukraine has the abundance of bold, diligent, hardworking men and women, they are rapidly running out of men and women who have the capacity to lead evenly leadership in environments where even the devil will be proud of.

“I couldn’t think of a more terrible environment than that, and I’m so grateful that I had to be for a short time.

“I am 33 years old now, I am 32 years old, maybe he was 31 years old, and there are 18 -year -old Ukrainians who defend these trench lines.”

He said that the Russians liked to sabotage and dress [and] When I behave like civilians ”and in Kursk, the Ukrainians were üretim better looking at their people”.

In recent days, US President Donald Trump seemed to have changed his attitude in the war, as he said he could recover all the territory of Ukraine.

Mr. Cribb said he believed that it was possible but warned: “Unless there was a complete surrender or guidance of the Russian forces, the amount of blood loss would be astronomical to achieve this.”

Since he returned home, Mr. Cribb has launched a master’s degree in war work, but he continues to hope that Barış will return to Ukraine.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in which the express contains for comment, advises most of Ukraine against all travels.

He warns that the risk of life for those who volunteer to fight is “high ..