Ukraine, Russia | He was Putin’s man in eastern Ukraine – and now he says all is lost

Ukraine, Russia |  He was Putin’s man in eastern Ukraine – and now he says all is lost

Igor Girkin was the leader of Russian rebel forces in Ukraine in 2014 and a former FSB agent. The International Court of Justice in The Hague also sentenced him to life imprisonment.

Girkin is one of the men behind the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 over Ukraine in 2014. 298 people lost their lives in the crash. He is now fiercely attacking the Russian leadership and Vladimir Putin.

– Our authority is definitely not able to handle such a crisis, he writes in his book cable-the account.

Danish TV 2 He first discussed the case and wrote that Girkin, who has more than a million followers on social media, has so far escaped without trial for his critical actions.

– I’m in hell, I’m in the dark. I don’t complain or complain now. He wrote on Monday when they broke through the front line I get my gun and I put on a bulletproof vest and try to kill someone before I die.

– They will kill me, but then at least I will suffer no more shame, so you can say that I will feel better after that, he writes further.

Ukraine, which has also offered a $100,000 reward for information leading to Girkin’s arrest, accuses him of war crimes.

Girkin was formerly a colonel in Russia’s FSB security service, but now he’s one of Russia’s biggest war bloggers on social media.

– He writes at the end that the Russian army and its high command have no chance of success in Ukraine.

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