ZOV – Der verbotene Bericht

Together with his regiment, Pawel Filatjew invaded Ukraine. Then he decided to stop participating and tell the world the dirty truth about the madness of this war. It is contained in this book. On February 24, 2022, at four in the morning, Russian paratrooper Pawel Filatjew marched into Ukraine with his regiment. He was involved in the attack on Kherson and was in the trenches around Mykolaiv. After two months at the front, he was wounded; in the hospital, he decided to write down what he had seen and experienced: devastation, corpses, confused, frightened commanders, marauding troops, and looters. He tells everything, writing about hunger, cold, assaults, the fear of death, rusty weapons, and men who shoot themselves in the legs to receive the rubles promised by the state for injured soldiers.

In the meantime, Pawel Filatjew has left Russia. His whereabouts are secret. In his homeland, he faces at least twenty years in prison. He will be on the run for the rest of his life. Because he has decided to stop participating and to bear witness. His brutally honest, shocking accounts provide the world with an unprecedented insight into the killing and dying in Ukraine. It is the first insider report from the Russian army - a journalistic sensation.