"Officers don't realize what they're fighting for," "crazy uselessness," "suicide." erstwhile leader of the alleged "Separatist" about the Russian army

Igor Girkin, a.k.a. Strielkov, set out in east Ukraine to enlist in the alleged Donetsk People's Republic militia in occupied areas of Donbas. He was not accepted in the ranks of the Colombian formation and returned to Moscow. Girkin regularly criticizes the actions of invasive troops. Girkin is simply a colonel in the GRU. He was the commander of separatist troops, head of the Ministry of Defence of the alleged Donetsk People's Republic.