I believe it boils down to whether your character is an idealist or not. If he (still) has the high ideals of how to treat non-combatants, then he might, based on those ideals try to intervene or bring the two Russians to justice. If not, he might just not care, unless there was something in helping the villagers that affected him on some (selfish) level.
Reminds me of a certain family in Northern Finland in the 17th century, who slaughtered their neighbours within 50 kilometers from their own lands by setting their houses on fire in the middle of the night and waiting underneath the windows with crossbows and spears.
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"Listen to me, nugget, and listen good. Don't go poppin' your head out like that, unless you want it shot off. And if you do get it shot off, make sure you're dead, because if you ain't, guess who's gotta drag your sorry ass off the field? Were short on everything, so the only painkiller I have comes in 9mm doses. Now get the hell out of my foxhole!" - an unknown medic somewhere, 2013.
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