International veterans preventing in Ukraine say weapons and provides aren’t going the place they’re most wanted.
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Stephen “Elvis” Pressley has been preventing in Ukraine since March, arriving simply weeks after Russia invaded. He’s a robust believer in defending the lives of the harmless, and throughout his months dwelling within the nation he has change into enamoured with Ukrainian hospitality, nationalism and delight.
However the 27-year-old Californian has additionally change into disillusioned with the way in which the military is run, saying the Soviet-era fashion of administration was harming troopers.
“I knew there was corruption coming to Ukraine as an ex-Soviet bloc nation, however I simply did not perceive how deep the rabbit gap went,” he mentioned.
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