A former Ukrainian journalist and soldier said the daily updates he receives from his war-torn homeland leave him hopeful.
As Victor Kovalenko, a former Ukrainian soldier and journalist, has watched the war in his home country unfold he says the daily reports he receives from his former comrades gives him hope Ukraine can fend off Russian aggression for years.From his home in Michigan, Kovalenko toldthat he's in regular contact with friends, family and former fellow soldiers who provide him with videos and other first-hand information about the conflict.
Soldiers of the Territorial Defense Forces of Ukraine, the military reserve of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, take part in military training in an underground garage that has been converted into a training and logistics base in Kyiv, March 11, 2022.from the Ukrainian Navy showing a Russian patrol boat sinking in the Black Sea.
While going through training, Kovalenko said during the first weeks of his enlistment he and other recruits were given tiny, Soviet-era helmets that offered little protection and no armor as they prepared to fight Europe's largest army. "And we saw how crazy and stupid they tried to attack us," said Kovalenko."They were walking on the frozen field, and they were approaching us and it was not modern way of doing the war. It was like they were sent for death because they were easy targets."
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