![]() I tell myself I’ll visit them more often when the war is over. Any sign of emotion or tenderness and the tears start flowing. But he felt compelled to enlist “to stop this fucked-up evil that’s invited itself into our homes”. Before the war he worked in the arts, had a taste for exotic cuisine and swanky clothes – often picked with the help of a stylist – and was averse to “taking orders or dumb-assed machismo”. ![]() A man in his mid-30s, he had never seen himself as a fighter. This is the diary of one of these soldiers from his month at a training camp. First-time soldiers have come from every part of the country and every walk of life. When Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24th, Vladimir Putin turned life on its head for every Ukrainian – but none as much as for the soldiers themselves, including the many thousands who have joined Ukraine’s armed forces.
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