Mykhailo Puryshev, a Ukrainian volunteer who traveled to Moscow in August 2026 after claiming the Russian FSB blackmailed him, successfully returned home by September 3, 2026. He shared his return on Instagram as an act of resistance.
Prominent Ukrainian volunteer Mykhailo Puryshev claimed on August 17, 2026, that Russia's FSB security service blackmailed him into cooperation by threatening to conscript his son into the Russian army. By August 19, he reported he was safe and no longer in Russia after traveling to Moscow.