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"Russian paratrooper Pavel Filatyev spent more than a month fighting in Ukraine after his poorly equipped unit was ordered to march from its base in Crimea for what commanders called a routine exercise."

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"Filatyev was evacuated after being wounded.

Over the next 5 weeks, deeply troubled by the devastation caused by ... Putin’s bloody invasion, he wrote down his recollections in hopes that telling his country the truth about the war could help stop it."

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"His damning 141-page journal... describes an army in disarray: commanders clueless & terrified, equipment old & rusty, troops pillaging occupied areas in search of food because of a lack of provisions, morale plummeting as the campaign stalled."

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“They simply decided to shower Ukraine with our corpses in this war,” he wrote.
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“It may not change anything,” he wrote, “but I will not participate in this madness.”

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"Our entire squadron, about 40 people, all lived in one tent... we had nowhere to wash up & the food was horrible. For those who arrived later than the rest, me & about 5 other people, there was neither a sleeping bag, nor camo, armor, or helmets left."
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"Around February 20, an order came for everyone to urgently gather and move out, packing lightly. We were supposed to perform a forced march to some unknown location."

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"By 1 p.m. we drove to a huge field where our trucks got bogged down in the mud. I got nervous. A huge column standing in the middle of an open field for half an hour is just an ideal target. If the enemy notices us and is nearby, we are f---ed."

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"It was quite dark and we got word that we are staying here until dawn. We climbed into sleeping bags without taking off our shoes, laying on boxes with mines, embracing our rifles."

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"Commanders tell us the news that Ukrainian GRAD rocket launchers were seen ahead, so everyone must prepare for shelling, urgently dig in as deep as possible, and also that our cars almost ran out of fuel and we have communication problems."

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"I stand and talk with the guys, they tell me that they are from the 11th brigade, that there are 50 of them left. The rest are probably dead."

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"Some soldiers began to shoot themselves … to get [the government money] and get out of this hell.

Our prisoner had his fingers and genitals cut off.

Dead Ukrainians at one of the posts were plopped on seats, given names and cigarettes."

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"Everyone was getting angrier and angrier.

Some grandmother poisoned our pies."

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"I kept saying, “God, I will do everything to change this if I survive.” …

I decided that I would describe the last year of my life, so that as many people as possible would know what our army is now."

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"I survived, unlike many others. My conscience tells me that I must try to stop this madness. …

We did not have the moral right to attack another country, especially the people closest to us.

This is an army that bullies its own soldiers"

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"I will tell you a secret.

The majority in the army, they are dissatisfied with what is happening there, they are dissatisfied with the government and their command, they are dissatisfied with Putin & his policies"

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"The main enemy of all Russians and Ukrainians is propaganda, which just further fuels hatred in people.

I can no longer watch all this happen and remain silent."
~Russian paratrooper Pavel Filatyev

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