Thousands of Russian men, women, and children are fleeing across the border to neighbouring nations like Georgia as a result of Vladimir Putin’s chaotic partial mobilisation, including a Russian musician who committed suicide to avoid being drafted to fight in the brutal conflict in Ukraine.
Today, it is thought that Ivan Vitalievich Petunin, better known by his stage as Walkie, killed himself in the southern Russian city of Krasnodar.
After the 27-year-old singer made a video message that was posted on his Telegram channel in which he said that he did not want to murder for any principles, his body was discovered close to a high-rise structure on Congressnaya Street.
The former Russian Army soldier and inmate of a mental institution, Petunin, warned his followers: “If you are seeing this video, then I am no longer alive.” I can’t and don’t want to bear the sin of murder on my soul. I’m not willing to die for any ideal.
A complete military draught may soon replace Putin’s partial mobilisation, according to reports that Moscow is preparing to call up 1 million troops to save the failed invasion. This is another concern that he seemed to be afraid of.
Immediately before writing: “Vanya went to the high-rise building where we stayed in the summer, everything was confirmed,” Petunin’s published his final letter to her after his passing.
Over 194,000 Russian residents have emigrated to nearby
