Ruslan Raevsky from Lipetsk went to war because he didn't want to go to prison. That was the choice he faced during mobilization. In an interview with Lubomir Ferens, Ruslan told how he was promised service outside the combat zone, and then deceived. How he was abandoned after being wounded. At the end of the conversation, the man with tears in his eyes asks for forgiveness from Ukrainians and calls on his compatriots to "think with their heads".
00:00 Start
00:52 "They said: if you don't show up in 2 hours, we will imprison you"
01:56 "A half-drunk colonel told us Russia is f***d"
02:41 How did you get captured?
03:53 About injuries
06:11 "I was abandoned"
06:47 Didn't you think of running away from mobilization?
07:57 What are Russians dying for?
09:51 "I don't need Ukraine"
10:45 "I will never go to war in my life!"
11:42 Why don't Russians go to the elections?
12:47 "Excuse me" - an appeal to Ukrainians
13:34 "Think with your head" - an appeal to Russians