American fighter in Ukraine traumatized by his experiences on the battlefield

this morning we have a very revealing look at the war in Ukraine from an American volunteer who fought in it Ukraine's Army is preparing to try and recapture the key southern city of her son and fighting off Russian attacks in the Northeast Ukraine's President says Russian Artillery strikes are quote driving people to their deaths Holly Williams is in key that's Ukraine's capital city rather with more on the story Holly good morning to you good morning we've been reporting on this war now for over eight months and it's extremely rare to get an unvarnished account of what it's like at the tip of the spear as Ukraine battles Russia's Invasion but that's exactly what we heard from an American who volunteered to fight with Ukrainian forces and we should warn you that his interview contains some disturbing material here shooting but then you could also hear Grunts and people like fighting to the death with their bare hands it's a very unique sound when you hear that many death rattles but he's from Tennessee he told us and came to fight in Ukraine because he was horrified by the Russian invasion he wants to be known only by his call sign Elvis the Carnage you're describing sounds like something out of World War II yeah this is nothing like any conflict in the past say 70 to 80 years this war is not sustainable for either side on the front line in southern Ukraine he says he repeatedly witnessed Russian forces using white phosphorus Munitions it comes down extremely slow but there's nothing you can do and everything it touches just incinerates including this incident probably about 20 or 30 guys burning alive and several gunshots because there's nothing else they do so a lot of guys have suicide pistols and you'd hear them scream and then they would say goodbye and then blow their own heads off so you actually heard 20 to 30 soldiers being burned alive so white Force for us and some of them committing suicide with their own pistols yes ma'am oh was that must have been horrific it's at least that's what I tell myself he admits that he's traumatized and fears one of his former comrades could commit suicide because of what they went through together do you still think this is a righteous War yes absolutely we're fighting Pure Evil anybody in the west that asks Ukraine to just do peace talks they need to go through these Villages they need to see what's been done to these people if China invaded the U.S hypothetically leveled Los Angeles leveled Seattle Portland massacred thousands do you think the U.S would just sue for beef no Russia has previously denied using white phosphorus Munitions in Ukraine Elvis told us that if other Americans are thinking of volunteering with Ukraine's military they should know that the odds are stacked against them and they'll be fighting for their lives Nate other Williams that was a powerful conversation eye-opening and also heartbreaking thank you so much

Channel: CBS Mornings

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Keywords: video, cbs, news, ukraine, war, american, fighter, front lines, ptsd, elvis, russia, white phosphorus munitions, trauma, fear, suicide, battlefield, holly williams

Id: _9SxmWjaqIA

Length: 3min 25sec (205 seconds)

Published: Thu Oct 27 2022