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I committed in Andriivka. [I confess] to shooting civilians, robbing civilians, confiscating their phones and [confess] that our command does not give a f*** about our fighters, about the entirety of the infantry that fights on the front line,” Frolkin told iStories reporters in a <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20230315164742/https://youtu.be/rudUGZxIU6E">video</a> call in August. </span></p> <p><span>Frolkin confessed to the murder of a male resident of Andriivka whom iStories identified as 47-year-old Ruslan Yaremchuk.</span></p> <p><span>“I killed one. But I wanted to save as many people [as I could],” Frolkin said, adding that he decided to confess in order to save other fellow soldiers who are being sent to the “slaughter” in Ukraine.</span></p> <p><span>“[I will be jailed] not for what I did in Ukraine, but for all the information I will give you. I just want to confess to everything and explain what is happening in our country. I think that it would be better if the war never started,” Frolkin told iStories in the video interview.</span></p> <p><span>Frolkin's verdict in the "fake information" case is expected in the Khabarovsk Garrison Court Martial in the coming days, iStories reported Wednesday.</span></p> <p><span>Located about 60 kilometers west of Kyiv, Andriivka was occupied by Russian forces in the first days of the invasion in February. </span></p> <p><span>At least 40 of Andriivka's roughly 1,000 residents were killed during the Russian occupation that lasted until April, </span><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20230315164742/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-61062213"><span>according to</span></a><span> the BBC.</span></p> <p><span>Russia’s Defense Ministry had </span><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20230315164742/https://ria.ru/20220224/ukraina-1774683742.html"><span>claimed</span></a><span> that “the civilian population is not in danger” as its troops invaded Ukraine.</span></p> 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