![“Refusing to kill their own”: Over 40 Ukrainian soldiers flee to Russia “Refusing to kill their own”: Over 40 Ukrainian soldiers flee to Russia](https://mtic.us/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/refusing-310x168.jpg)
More than 40 Ukrainian soldiers have abandoned their military posts and crossed into Russian territory, stating that they refuse to fight against their own people, a Russian Federal Security Service spokesperson said.
At least 41 Ukrainian soldiers have made it to Russian territory after asking self-defense forces for help, the spokesperson from the Federal Security Service’s Rostov region border patrol unit, Vasily Malaev, told Itar-Tass.