Of
Frank Nienhuysen
The video is harsh and disturbing: It shows a man with a gray goatee wearing an olive-green camouflage jacket. His head is fixed to a gray concrete block with transparent tape. He says his name is Yevgeny Anatolyevich Nushin, born in 1967, that he went to the front as a Russian and then fought alongside the Ukrainians against the Russians. On September 4th he realized his plan and defected. Because of the pressure from the tape, he has to keep closing his eyes, his voice is hoarse and deep. He says that on November 11 in Kyiv he was hit on the head in the street and woke up in this basement, where he is now being judged. Then someone hits his head with a hammer, followed by another hit. The image of the man is now pixelated.