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Ryan Merrifield

Russian conscript desperate to escape to UK after friends killed in Ukraine war

A Russian conscript is desperate to flee to the UK to avoid having to fight in Vladimir Putin's Ukraine war.

Vadim, 22, from Kaliningrad, was reportedly served papers last week and must present himself to his local enlistment office on Tuesday (October 4).

The young man says he'll do whatever he can to avoid being sent to the front and becoming "cannon fodder" for the Kremlin.

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