KYIV, Ukraine—Vadym Krypychenko was sure he was going to die.
His vehicle had broken down along the front lines in eastern Ukraine near the village of Verkhniotroitske. It was Aug. 10, 2015, only four days before the end of his military service commitment and his scheduled return home.
Krypychenko, a private in the Ukrainian army’s 53rd separate mechanized brigade, found himself alone in no man’s land. When an intelligence unit of separatists appeared and approached with weapons drawn, he assumed they were going to execute him.
“I was mentally ready to die,” Krypychenko, 36, tells The Daily Signal in an interview following his …read more
Source: The Daily Signal
