BBCNEWS BBC News March 5, 2022 04:09:00
I study economy. and i'm studying biology. they have the same patriotism, courage and sense of invincibility of other generations of young men who volunteered to fight in europe's wars. their parents will pray they don't learn the same brutal lessons. the yellow tape is to show they're not russians. they have three days training and then the front line. maxim, aged 19, joked, "my mum said, �*don�*t go anywhere' — "she'd capture enough saboteurs for the two of us." the only woman there was coming as a medic. everyone i've met in this city is defiant. here, the older men were more apprehen...