Russian paratrooper condemns his country’s war in Ukraine, telling CNN it is built on a ‘lie’
Two weeks ago, The capture of Kherson was a significant early military success for Russia. Ukraine is now battling to regain the city as fighting increasingly shifts to the country’s south. But Filatyev said he struggles to understand the vision of Russian President Vladimir Putin, who launched the invasion of Ukraine nearly six months ago and has seen his troops locked in a grinding, costly conflict.”Now that I am out of there and without a gun, I think this is the worst, stupidest thing our government could have done,” he said. “I do not know where the government is leading us. What is the next step? Nuclear war?””I see what is happening to my country and I am terrified. Everything is destroyed, corrupted,” he told CNN. “The only laws that function well are repressive ones.” Filatyev fled Russia after conducting some initial media interviews. But he suggested the Kremlin could take revenge for his public position.”I will either be put in prison … or they will just silence me by taking me out. There were a lot of cases like that in the past,” he said.”I do not see any other way out. If it happens, it happens.”
