Warrant officer Khripun tells about Russian "Grad" mounts in Georgian-South-Ossetian border

Anna Konopleva
Fri, 08 Jan 2010 20:00:00 +0300

Vitaly Khripun, a warrant officer, who took his contract service in South Ossetia and in December 2009 deserted to the territory of Georgia, is now living in Tbilisi, waiting for awarding him a refugee status. He told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that he felt no regret of leaving his post and explained the reasons of his decision and described the general situation in the border.