Russian paratrooper's memoir

Pavel Filatyev, Russian paratrooper, has published a forbidden memoir about his experiences in the Putin forces.

His unit was sent to help capture Kherson. He saw how badly the army treated the troops. (Paratroops are generally thought of as elite units, which normally would get the best equipment.)

Then he figured out he had been forced into a war of conquest — recall that Putin lied to Russia about that — and was in the Putin forces. After being wounded and sent home, he published his memoir.

After hiding for a couple of weeks in Russia wondering when he'd be arrested, he decided to flee the country

I disagree with him on one point. If he had escaped the front, and surrendered, that would have been a step toward ending Putin's invasion. He could have continued by writing the memoir, and it would have done the same good, while being less dangerous.

But I don't mean that as criticism of him. Filatyev did a heroic deed, and it may help end Putin's invasion. Bravo, Filatyev!