Category War

Editor’s note: The story was updated with comments from Rossiyskaya Gazeta and Leonid Slutsky. Senior Russian lawmakers threatened on Nov. 17 that outgoing U.S. President Joe Biden’s decision to allow Ukraine to strike deep inside Russian territory with ATACMS missiles…

Several months ago, most of these infantrymen were serving their sentences behind bars. Now, they are part of the 1st Separate Assault Battalion, known as “Da Vinci.” The Kyiv Independent spent a day with the unit, learning about what motivates…