A Russian soldier fled his home country to avoid fighting in Ukraine. The defector said he attempted suicide so that he would not have to be an "accomplice" in the war. He also said that Russian soldiers don't believe the Kremlin narrative that the war is going well. Mishov added: "No one explained to us why this war started, why we had to attack Ukrainians and destroy their cities?" In January of this year, he was told he was going to be sent "on a mission," he said.

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Persons: —, Dmitry Mishov, Mishov, Vladimir Putin's Organizations: BBC News, Service, BBC Locations: Russian, Ukraine, Lithuania, Russia, Belarus, Latvia