"Ukrainian military men said to me why are you sitting like cowards, go out into the field, don’t hide behind civilians. Well sorry! Go out into the field to be killed? I’m not Don Quixote, after all!"
— Igor Girkin

January 1, 1970

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"Russian Donbas militant leader Girkin admits to using civilians as human shields & other war crimes", Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, 25 May 2019