Russian veteran recalls crimes in Germany. This is horrifying

The veteran is Leonid Rabichev https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonid_Rabichev

He left a memoir, written in 2005. In the book he largely puts the blame for atrocities on the higher command. What he recounts in this interview happened in Eastern Prussia, under Ivan Chernyakhovsky https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Chernyakhovsky.

Later the army entered Silesia under command of Ivan Konev https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Konev. According to the memoir, on the second day of command Konev ordered execution of 40 soldiers caught raping. He says after raping and killing finally stopped.