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Russian army deserters in Germany: 'No choice but to run'
Almost all asylum applications by Russian deserters are being denied by German authorities. DW and Russian-language media outlet Astra spoke to one of the young men who fears he'll be sent back to die on the front lines.
Nikita Zvezdov was just 15 years old when Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. He was drafted into the Russian military straight after his 18th birthday in April 2024. Shortly before that, he had been failed at a vocational school he was attending in Krasnoyarsk and he believes that his expulsion was deliberate.
Over the past few years there have been reports that Russian students were not only drafted into the army but also prevented from passing their exams or deliberately flunked, so their conscription could not be hindered. This information has not been verified.
Wheels up, instructor down: Army aviation students to fly solo cross-country
Itâs a bird, itâs a plane, itâs a⦠lone Army aviation student in the cockpit?
For the first time in decades, student pilots are flying solo across the country, the Army announced Thursday, as part of a curriculum change the schoolhouse hopes will create more skilled pilots.
The new aviators will prepare for the endeavor with two weeks of cross-country instruction before completing a check ride. Then, with naught but their fresh hands at the controls, the students will fly 50 to 100 nautical miles from Shell Army Heliport, navigating the national airspace without an instructor.
Second Lt. Kyler Suerth, one of the first flight school trainees in the new program, was anxious. âWe are actually operating in civilian airspace the way aviators do,â the West Point graduate said before his flight in the release. âI am nervous, but every day I get a little less nerve wracked and a little more excited.â
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Army flight school launches first solo cross-country training in decades [Image 1 of 5]
Amentum instructor pilot Jason Barnes keeps a watchful eye over student pilot 2nd Lt. Blaine Dolin, 1-145th Aviation Regiment, as he preflights the LUH-72, training for his cross-country solo flight at Shell Army Heliport near Fort Rucker on July 10.
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