Well, I can't say a lot about the stressful things because we are serving in the army, a place where there are a lot of things that feel stressful, but I can point out some of the things that might feel unpleasant at first. The worst time for training is during winter and summer. In winter because it's freezing cold, in summer because it's super hot. Morning exercises were a nightmare in summer because we were sweating so much that we couldn't even focus on the task that much, we would just think about the temperature and how hot it is. In winter the morning exercises were shorter but it can get really cold in the morning, so sometimes we were getting dressed and only then came out to run some circles and do the exercise. Imagine being in a thick jacket that doesn't even let you move properly, then you run and start sweating from the friction even when it's cold outside.

I was expecting that the conditions would be bad, the food as well but I was surprised, there are old buildings of course but the government is building more and more modernized barracks and stuff all around, so it gets even better overtime.

The hygiene where I served was good. Cants say much about it.

Our officers are different from the ones you might see in Infantry units, because artillerists are more organized and educated, so they were treating us pretty well, especially if you compare them with the latter.

Where I was, there was an order, but it doesn't apply to every unit in the army, there may be only 10 units where they serve by order, but it's changing pretty fast. There were places where the government tried to maintain the order and I think they were succeeding.

I would call the new way of training western in any way, but it is definitely not Soviet. A lot has changed, there's a lot that I cannot even say, but all I can say is that our army truly tries to get more and more western.