Lithuanian Povilas Limontas joined the International Legion in early March. The former bartender lasted about a month and returned to Lithuania on April 7th.
He did not name the reason for the return, but judging by an interview with TIME magazine, constant exposure to shelling and a rare dream did not suit him. In preparation for the battle, Limontas, who served in the army, only tried to shoot at targets with an AK-47, after which he was sent on missions. Here is how he describes one of them:
We came as reinforcements and did some shooting, but after a while we had to run, because one thing I learned in Lithuania is that if you are shooting with the Russians, you only have 10 minutes before they send artillery. The fight lasted five or ten minutes, but in my head it was like five seconds.
After returning to his homeland, the already former mercenary set out to appear in the media more often and remind people of donations for the army.
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First Lt. Ivan Skuratovsky, serving in Ukraine's 25th Airborne Brigade: “the situation is very bad, [Russians] simply destroy everything with artillery, shelling day and night." -Politico
Time for these fellas to give up really. No glory to be had in being taken out by a 152mm shell that you don't even hear or see coming