war serving ukraine, but i grew up in the cold warserving in the ukraine, but i grew up in the cold war serving in the us military, so we really did look at the soviet soldier in light of the world war ii experience, and we held them in a great deal of respect. i am sure that was the case for many of those here, who said they would have fulfilled those obligations in the same manner as their forefathers. but the performance in ukraine, and quite honestly the performance in syria before that, really reflects a russian military that would be unrecognisable to their fathers and grandfathers. it isjust unrecognisable to their fathers and grandfathers. it is just simply not performing in the manner that those soldiers did in world war ii. yes. soldiers did in world war ii. yes, some writers soldiers did in world war ii. yes, some writers in soldiers did in world war ii. yes, some writers in the soldiers did in world war ii. yes, some writers in the uk, - soldiers did in world war ii.