Russian soldier reveals why he went to war in Ukraine

Maxim, a Russian soldier who has recently returned from the frontline, tells the Guardian why he fought in Vladimir Putin's war in Ukraine.

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[mirror]

In other words, he was fighting for blood money.

[dallaw]

This is not "Life Experience, " it is "Death Experience."

[sigmarule]

Nothing to eat but got plenty of money to buy cigs

[scotthughes]

"I am homeless and don't have my life join the Russian ARMY and STEAL someone else's home. Problem Solved!!"

[stonem]

this guy makes it sound like he was going to do humanitarian aid work and find himself rather than going to invade a country and commit war crimes smh

[michaelstadnikfilm]

He was going for the "life experience", to end somebody else's life...

[travelwell]

Would be great to be able to read the subtitles and understand what he’s saying.
But the logo is in the way.

[sillyrabbit]

I feel very little sympathy for someone choosing to enlist to invade Ukraine and losing their friend in an ambush. It’s actually ironic that he is holding a grenade in the photo he’s showing, as it’s a tool he’s intending to use for killing the people he’s invading. He knew the risks of going to war. He did not choose to live and let live.

[robertrazo]

You don’t have to go to war for life experience. For that all you need is life.

[RV]

“There was no such slaughter in his grandfathers time”??

[KMI]

yeah, I agree, making subtitles readable is too easy for people...

[amandadonaghey]

Better stay home and sort out your social problems there than go to Ukraine as sunflower fertilizer, non!!??

[MambonumberNeegar]

'I wanted to go to Ukraine and change myself' into a criminal, murderer and looter

[ridestolenbmx]

The fact that this man’s grandma had reservations about him going because “there was no such slaughter going on in his time” is horrifying honestly.
I mean to say that his grandpas experience in WW2 was less (assuming much less) of a massacre is just mind boggling.
Russias losses in ww2 were the worst in history, yet she thinks it wasn’t as bad as Ukraine? The level of massacre of Russian troops is just unthinkable. Yet Putin gladly sends these men to their deaths, and yet there are people lining up to go to Ukraine, mostly just due to the big paycheck for their family.
Russia has truly hit a new level of depravity, and it’s own citizens are at the heart of it almost as much as the Ukrainians are. Not quite as bad as the Ukrainians have it, but Russian soldiers are close to having it just as bad as ukraine.
Slava ukraini, I hope for both sides sake that this war ends soon.

[Inquisetor]

People have better life experiences by meditating or going out in the rural areas to go camping rather than going to a warzone where being a soldier they would experience trauma in their lives. That mental trauma of watching their mates get killed is not healthy at all.

[declansmyth]

Better to be homeless than to be fertilizer

[zolihun]

Why is no one talking about how wise his grandmother is?

[fifagoals]

You don’t go to war for experience, you go because you think it’s a war worth fighting for

[PowerandControlUFU]

I would love to watch it but I can’t read the subtitles