ADDENDUM EXAMPE FOR COMMENT #40
‘I don’t see justice in this war’: Russian soldier exposes rot at core of Ukraine invasion
Pavel Filatyev: ‘I simply can’t stay quiet any longer.’
[Exclusive: Pavel Filatyev has fled his homeland after publishing a 141-page account detailing his experiences on the frontline. ‘They turned us into savages’: extract from Pavel Filatyev’s account]
Andrew Roth in Moscow and Pjotr Sauer
Wed 17 Aug 2022 12.37
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/aug/17/they-turned-us-into-savages-russian-soldier-describes-start-of-ukraine-invasion
Pavel Filatyev knew the consequences of what he was saying. The ex-paratrooper understood he was risking prison, that he would be called a traitor and would be shunned by his former comrades-in-arms. His own mother had urged him to flee Russia while he still could. He said it anyway.
“I don’t see justice in this war. I don’t see truth here,” he said over a tucked-away cafe table in the Moscow financial district. It was his first time sitting down in person with a journalist since returning from the war in Ukraine.
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