“If they put me on a combat helicopter, I would have to kill.” VKS pilot escaped from Russia and spoke to the BBC
On May 28, when Russia celebrated the Day of the Border Guard, Lieutenant of the Russian Aerospace Forces Dmitry Mishov illegally crossed the border with one of the Baltic countries. On May 30, he met with BBC Special Correspondent Ilya Barabanov in Vilnius and explained why he did not want to participate in Russian aggression against Ukraine, how he had been trying to leave the Russian army for more than a year, and what the military thought about the daily reports from General Igor Konashenkov. On the day of the publication of this interview, Mishov turned himself in to the Lithuanian migration authorities.