2026-10-14 14:25 UTC
Fourth speaker is Russian deserter Ilya Zaripov who recruited many people to not enlist in the war against Ukraine, explaining how he was refused vor a visa across Europe for not being “pro Ukraine enough”. “But I'm challenging that decision”, he says.
“When a ceasefire in the Russia-Ukraine war comes, there must be an amnesty for deserters for both sides of this war. Anything else makes a ceasefire simply a preparation for the next war efforts.”
He is also known for many interviews on the topic.
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@ErikUden@mastodon.de 2026-10-14 14:39
Fifth speaker is a Ukrainian deserter living in Germany, Andrej Konovalov, who talks about his insane experience of seeing fellow deserters deported back to Ukraine whilst having MPs from Germany's, at the time, leading Green party, telling him how unified Ukraine is. https://postsovietleft.org/de/2025/06/26/andrej-konovalov-eine-prinzipientreue-haltung-ist-immer-und-uberall-angebracht/ He cites surveys showing how ⅔ of Ukraine wishes for the government to engage more in peace talks. He speaks of knowing someone who never left his apartment for over 6 months for wanting to evade the draft.