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Pavlo Lagodya said he was outed as gay by his military comrades soon after joining the Ukrainian army in 2021.
He said someone in his unit came across notifications on his phone showing flirtatious messages between him and another man.
Before long, the 19-year-old was outed to his entire unit without his consent, he said.