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

Derek Huffman, 46, feels he is being “thrown to the wolves”, after being told he would serve as a correspondent or a welder.

Instead, he’s being thrown straight into the combat zone, despite having no military experience.

Derek’s wife DeAnna has asked people to send prayers as she bemoaned the fact that the limited training her husband has received has been in Russian: “Unfortunately, when you’re taught in a different language, and you don’t understand the language, how are you really getting taught? You’re not. So, unfortunately, he feels like he’s being thrown to the wolves right now, and he’s kind of having to lean on faith, and that’s what we’re all doing.”

Huffman initially joined the military as a requirement to gain expedited Russian citizenship for him and his family. He also felt that serving in the military would endear him to other Russians and earn their respect, something he previously said migrants in the United States refuse to do.

At the time, he said: “The point of this act for me is to earn a place here in Russia. If I risk myself for our new country, no one will say that I am not a part of it. Unlike migrants in America who come there just like that, do not assimilate, and at the same time want free handouts.”

Now that it’s actually time for him to go to war, Huffman is cacking his pants. His wife suggested he’d been misled during the military recruitment process; not only was he assured he would not be in a combat role, but after a month of service, the family is also yet to receive pay.

She said: “When he signed up and had all of that done, he was told he would not be training for two weeks and going straight to the front lines. But it seems as though he is getting one more week of training, closer to the front lines, and then they are going to put him on the front lines.”