⌁ DAY 41

Ukrainian Volunteer Says FSB Blackmailed Him Over Son

2 beadsAug 19 → Sep 3moved 26d ago

The wire

2026-09-03

Ukrainian volunteer blackmailed by FSB returns home from Russia

broke 26d ago · 2 reports · international · other

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.

2026-08-19

Ukrainian Volunteer Says FSB Blackmailed Him Over Son

broke 41d ago · 5 reports · international · other

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.