To Kyiv and Back

Weapons and helmets | Army or militia | Lying to friends and family | War and sobriety | Trumpists and anti-vaxxers | Filtering Russian spies | Bags on heads in the basement | Praying with guns | Under fire in Kyiv | Drones and trenches

16 May 2022

Would you pick up a gun and fight for Ukraine? The injustice of the Russian invasion has led white-collar professionals like Florent and Tomas to trade suits and ties for camouflage and Kalashnikovs. Florent, who is French, and Tomas, a Lithuanian, met for the first time in February at the Ukrainian embassy in Belgium. They teamed up for the trip to Ukraine and they're now back in Brussels to tell their story.

James Kanter is co-founder and editor EU Scream. For 12 years he was an EU Correspondent for the International Herald Tribune and The New York Times based in Paris and Brussels.  

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