Yes, you are probably correct.
But to hear him talk, he was being sent into Kiev with no plates and a 10-round mag. Any volunteer would baulk at being treated like that.
When he refused he had to flee the country.
Tell you what, Ukrainean logistics must be shot to hell.
The LDNR claims of the Ukrainian losses are 18k KIA, Russian are likely tenth that and mostly in a first couple days.
The idiotic propaganda of how the Ukraine is winning is beyond ridiculous.
The entire point is to lure idiots like this who think it is a safari.