"The first day of the war: I was upset because I was not a soldier," recalls Yehor Firsov. Leader of Avtomaidan in Donetsk, deputy, official. In 2022, he joined the army and worked his way up from private to master sergeant.
"At the beginning of the service, I got my ass kicked. But the fact that you have no experience can be your advantage," Yehor says.
What is modern warfare really like? How did he adapt in the army and what does he do? How has the Ukrainian army changed after 2022? Is he ashamed of his deputyship? And what is his military call sign?
And also - where he wrote the book "In the Trenches of New York" and when will we be having coffee in Mariupol or Crimea.
Watch and listen to the "++ podcast" - a conversation between servicemen Serhiy Hnezdilov and Yehor Firsov.
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