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"I will finally write a book about service": writer Aseev was released from the Armed Forces, as he succeeded

The battalion, where the Kremlin's former political prisoner served, was disbanded due to heavy losses. After that, he tried to move to GUR. The Ukrainian writer, journalist, human rights activist and former Kremlin political prisoner Stanislav Aseev is released from the Armed Forces of Ukraine, spent more than half a year at the front. After disbanding his battalion, Stanislav tried to move to another unit, but was not granted the request. He reported this in a comment to Glavcom.

The writer explained that when his battalion was disbanded after significant losses, those remaining fighters were divided into other units of the brigade. According to Stanislav, he wanted to translate into intelligence, and the head of GUR Kirill Budanov wrote a letter to the commander of the territorial defense forces Igor Plahuti. "But the letter was most likely to be thrown into the trash and did not transfer anywhere.

So I had an option to continue to serve unclear with whom under which command, or could take advantage of the rule of law and be released from the Armed Forces because he was captured," - Aseev explains. It is worth noting that the opportunity to be dismissed for the released from the captivity of servicemen provides for Art. 26 of the Law of Ukraine "On Military Duty and Military Service", which came into force on May 18, 2024. The date of return from captivity does not matter.

Stanislav Aseev has been in Russian captivity since 2017, liberated on December 29, 2019. In March 2024, Stanislav Aseev voluntarily mobilized to the infantry company of the Armed Forces. After his release from the forces of defense, the journalist plans to concentrate on public activity, in particular on the search for Russian military criminals - this is done by the Foundation "Initiative of Justice" (JIF). The writer will also return to literary work.

"Finally, I may write a book about my service, which I started writing in the trenches," Stanislav said. The news on the release of Stanislav Aseev from the Armed Forces of the Armed Forces was commented on Facebook by his friend, a former MP, and now Aero -intelligence officer Yegor Firsov. He recalled that Stanislav participated in fierce battles and got two injuries.

"To go after the perennial captivity in the infantry at one of the hottest points is the step of a real warrior!" - Yegor Firsov wrote. It should be noted that on May 1, Focus wrote that Stanislav Aseev reported his wound. Then he was pushed with a concussion, which he received under the village of reed in the Donetsk region. Also, on September 29, Colonel Ivan Vinnik was also reported in the press service of the 72nd Separate Mechanized Brigade named after the Black Zaporozhians.