The man who committed suicide, a Russian military blogger. His name was Andrei Morozov. In order to stand by his principles, he chose to commit suicide. The person who was assassinated was a Russian military pilot named Maxim Kuzminov. He was shot 12 times in an underground garage in Spain. These two men have played different roles in the Russia-Ukraine war, and their stories show the cruelty and pressure within the Russian army.
Andrei Morozov is a well-known military blogger who is widely known by the online name Murz. He belonged to a sergeant of the 2nd separate motorized infantry brigade of the 4th regiment of the Luhansk separatist armed forces. He has long used online platforms to reveal command failures at the top of the Russian military and the Ministry of Defense's great deeds. However, he refused the order of the Russian command to delete the post during this war, which led to his suicide. Morozov wrote a report about the high rate of the Russian army in the Avdiivka operation, but this report caused dissatisfaction among the Russian army. In his suicide note, he wrote that a Russian colonel threatened him to cut off equipment, ** and even food for his company if the report was not deleted. Faced with such tremendous pressure, he chose to commit suicide.
Morozov's suicide caused great controversy in Russian society, **divided into two factions. Many netizens praised him for his courage in criticizing Russian bureaucracy and expressed condolences for his death. However, some pro-Kremlin military bloggers consider Morozov to be a pessimist whose death was to be expected. Morozov's suicide reveals the tragic state of affairs within the Russian army.
And the other person who was assassinated, Maxim Kuzminov, was a Russian military pilot who defected to Ukraine in August last year. However, on February 29, he was shot 12 times in an underground garage in Spain. Kuzminov piloted a Mi-8*** transport** equipment and spare parts, including a mysterious electronic pod and parts for S300 and S400 surface-to-air missiles. After two of his deputies were killed by him, he himself defected to Ukraine in a plane. The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine wanted him to stay in Ukraine and give him the best protection, but he chose to go to Spain for the rest of his life. Unexpectedly, he underestimated the omnipresence of Russian intelligence. In Spain, he contacted his ex-girlfriend, but when he arrived, she found a body that had been shot dead and still had been run over by a truck. The Ukrainian side speculated that Russian intelligence carried out the operation by eavesdropping on information between him and his ex-girlfriend. This behavior suggests that the Russian intelligence system still inherits the model of the former Soviet Union.
The story of these two characters shows us the harsh realities and enormous pressure within the Russian army. Morozov defended his principles by committing suicide, while Kuzminov died in a confrontation with Russian intelligence. These stories teach us that the fate of individuals in the Russia-Ukraine war is under unimaginable pain and pressure.