According to Uldarov and Savichev, they were ordered to kill more than 20 Ukrainian children and teenagers by Prigozhin and unit chiefs before being pardoned for the killings by Putin in August and September 2022.

“I executed the order with my own hand – I killed children,” Uldarov recounted in the video published on Monday by the Russian project Gulagu.net.

“We were ordered to sweep and destroy everyone,” he continued. “We killed everyone – women, men, pensioners, and children, including little ones, five-year-olds.”