A paratrooper explained what made him return to the army from the Special Forces

A Ukrainian servicemember with the call sign “Gulliver” spoke about his experience returning after leaving his unit without permission and admitted what surprised him most after his time in civilian life. According to him, the simplified procedure for returning to service has helped many soldiers rejoin the Defense Forces and independently choose a unit for further service.

One of them was a Ukrainian soldier with the call sign “Gulliver,” whose story was shared on social media by the 71st Separate Airborne Brigade.

According to the soldier, he decided to leave the military due to mental and physical exhaustion after spending too long on the front lines.

However, upon returning to “civilian life” in this way, he realized a lot.

“It doesn’t feel that way now, but when I first got out, it was such a huge disconnect for me—that I was literally dying out there, while here these guys are just hanging out, buying coffee and tea. ‘Civilian life’ was completely incomprehensible to me. It really pissed me off when some guy there said to me, ‘Dude, I get you.’ I thought, ‘Man, what do you even know?’” recalls the paratrooper.

He made the final decision to return to the ranks of the Defense Forces thanks to a brother-in-arms.

“Jesus brought me back from the SZCH. Anyway, he’s a brother-in-arms; we were together in the BZVP. The guy really looks just like Jesus. We met up to catch up on how things were going. He asks me, ‘What are you going to do?’ The SZCH—well, that’s a whole other story… I can’t live without freedom. Walking around, knowing that they’re looking for you somewhere, that they’ll arrest you at any moment. No, that’s not my thing. I started thinking I needed to go back. And that’s when Jesus showed up,” “Gulliver” said.

This was reported by the 71st Separate Airborne Brigade.

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