“The Tank Pushed the Barrel Into the Window and Slapped at Me”: the Story of the “Steel” Defender Who Returned to the Front to His Wife

A triumphant poster, a hero in uniform on the walls of Moscow: Russian soldiers who went to fight in Ukraine are presented as figures of a new Russian elite.But in everyday life, their image is dislodged. This Russian journalist, who publishes under his pseudonym, tells in the independent media "Holod" what it means to rub shoulders with soldiers who have returned from the front.

Dnieper Anton Kinshin has been fighting since 2013. He was repeatedly wounded and after treatment returned to his brothers and wife, who served with him