Pavel Filatiev: Reports of a deserter from the Russian front – Literature

Before things get started – something “was brewing” over the weeks and days, as paratrooper Pavel Filatev keeps writing – he also bumps his eye while getting on the old Ural truck. It’s caked with blood, its senses dulled. The little sleep and poor nutrition at the military training area where his unit was housed before the Russian invasion on February 24, 2022 bothered him. “Even then, everyone was exhausted. Many had lived for a month in terrible conditions at the military training area. Nerves were on edge, especially since the situation was becoming more and more serious and unclear.”