# ‘They will simply kill my son’: Ukrainian volunteer claims FSB blackmail, travels to Russia

https://mins.news/en/item/24503

- The Kyiv Independent, 2026-08-17 19:42 UTC
- World
- Original: https://kyivindependent.com/they-will-simply-kill-my-son-prominent-ukrainian-volunteer-claims-fsb-blackmail-travels-to-russia/

> Prominent Ukrainian volunteer Mykhailo Puryshev says Russia’s FSB threatened to conscript his son unless he cooperated. He said he chose to travel to Russia so his son would be safe. Puryshev is known for evacuating civilians from Mariupol and continuing volunteer work near the front line.