‘I’m ready to die for Russia but not for criminals and thieves:' Russian military officers on why they deserted after Russia invaded Ukraine

DeForrest_McCoy , 10 months ago

I want more Russians to be like this guy.

HappyMeatbag , 10 months ago (edited 10 months ago)

This is a serious, sad article, but it contains one extremely funny line.

“I joined the army in 2016. I began to have doubts immediately. The people there are, I’m sorry, mostly idiots.”

It also includes some very poignant ones.

“A month after I escaped, they opened a criminal case against me. But I don’t consider myself a betrayer. How can you be a criminal in the eyes of criminals?”

”In September [after mobilization was announced], the rules of the game changed. We realized that we had to leave by any means necessary. One could leave Ukraine either dead or wounded. When I already had just a few people left, we were sent on another suicide mission. We crippled ourselves. Intentionally.”