Pavel Filatyev, 34, spent over a month writing a 141-page journal entitled Zov, which refers to the tactical 'Z' labels that Russia uses on its military equipment.
Filatyev, 34, was evacuated from the war zone after suffering an eye infection in mid-April, and afterwards spent over a month writing a 141-page journal entitledHe posted the manuscript on social media at the beginning of August. He documents confusion and disarray in the days leading up to the invasion, the chaos he observed once the troops moved into Ukraine, and his disgust with everything that has happened since.
In February, while stationed in Crimea for training, Filatyev wrote that he was given a rifle that he said was so rusted it stopped firing after a few shots. He said on Feb. 23, the division commander arrived and promised all the troops that they would be getting a daily bonus that was the equivalent of $90 Cdn.
Russian Army military vehicles drive along a street in the town of Armyansk, Crimea, after Russian President Vladimir Putin authorized a military operation in Eastern Ukraine, Feb. 24, 2022. As they drove into Kherson on the morning of Feb. 24, he wrote that the military truck that he was in had no working brakes, and equipment was getting stuck in the mud.
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