Corporal Nikolai Selivanov, a 27-year-old native of Kotovsk, Tambov region, told ASTRA that he was discharged from the army after the video was published, in which he showed his prosthetic leg and the room where he was kept locked up without being fired, despite having a disability group II and category “D”.
“I just returned to Tambov from a unit. I’m already fired now. I wasn’t fired because my CVVK report was lost. It was taken back in March, when I was in the hospital. The hospital said: We sent it. The unit replied: we didn’t receive anything. They didn’t tell me anything while they were sorting it out. Then I recorded a video. I don’t know exactly what affected it. We complained to all authorities. Maybe the commanders and personnel officers themselves found this certificate after the video was posted. As soon as she was found, I was immediately returned to Russia and submitted for dismissal,” Selivanov told ASTRA.
The ASTRA interlocutor clarified that he lost his leg in December 2025 in Ukraine “on a combat mission.”
“There was nothing supernatural. There were many tasks. I can’t say exactly where it happened. I don’t know the coordinates. But this is, in principle, a military secret. I was still in the service then. It’s like he’s supposed to keep a secret. The tasks were different. I’ve signed the contract twice. Somewhere is the provision, somewhere is the assault action. It was not a drone, but some kind of antipersonnel mine. I don’t know exactly what I stepped on. If I had known, I would not have stepped on it. At that time, I was engaged in assaults,” Selivanov said.
He does not yet know what the he will do next, but he does not plan to tell children about the war.
“There are many options. I’ll see all my relatives first. I will live. There’s a lot to do. There are still enough opportunities. Thank God, everything was fine with the payments. I don’t think I’ll make a good story teller, telling children something in schools. If they call, I probably won’t go. I’m not a fan of that. There’s someone to tell without me. I’ll refuse.”
The interlocutor of ASTRA does not regret what happened.
“I signed contract voluntarily. No one forced me. Whatever is done is for the best. It could have been worse. No, I don’t regret it. Alive and well. Everything is fine. The prosthesis was done well for me. I can walk. You won’t even notice that there are defects. It’s hard to feel sorry for it,” he added.
After reporting Nikolay Selivanov’s problems, ASTRA contacted his ex-wife, who communicates with her ex-husband exclusively as part of the procedures for collecting alimony for a joint child. He will “of course” give a quarter of what he earned in the war to his daughter, said a participant in the military aggression.
