Anti-Woke Dad Who Fled With Family to Russia Sent to War Zone

[douglas9]

Last edited Sat Jul 19, 2025, 07:12 AM - Edit history (1)

An American father who moved to Russia to avoid LGBTQ+ “indoctrination” for his kids is being sent to the front line in Ukraine, despite being assured he would serve in a non-combat role.

Derek Huffman, 46, feels he is being “thrown to the wolves” after being told that his job in the military would be as a correspondent or as a welder, his wife, DeAnna, said in a recorded plea for prayers, which has since been removed from her YouTube page.


Huffman has no prior military experience, DeAnna said, adding that his limited training was conducted in Russian. She suggested the language barrier has made her husband particularly unprepared for the horrors of combat.



https://www.thedailybeast.com/texan-moved-fam-to-russia-to-flee-wokenow-hes-headed-to-ukraine-front-line/

https://united24media.com/latest-news/russias-dream-village-for-anti-woke-americans-draws-only-two-families-sends-a-father-to-warzone-9976

[Conjuay]

1. Thoughts and prayers.

N/T

[._.]

2. How Nice!

How about "rot in hell you fool" ?

[UpInArms]

3. How do you say

I really don’t care, in Russian?

[hatrack]

4. "The Workers' Paradise" 2.0. Oops.

Мне действительно все равно.

[yardwork]

5. He threw himself to the wolves when he took his family to Russia.

He went to a country with no history of democracy, where nobody in his family speaks the language, that was involved in a botched invasion of another nation, and he's surprised that it's not working out for him?

[Intractable]

6. They wanted an authentic Russian lifestyle. Have at it!

[Scrivener7]

7. Welp... At least the gay people in the army won't be open about it. That would be REALLY bad.

It would ruin his family values.

[bluedigger]

8. Russian fluency is not required to die in a meat wave.

That has been well established at this point. Idiots.

[Autumn]

9. I'm so happy for them that he achieved his goals.