An American in Ukraine Finds the War He’s Been Searching For – The New York Times

An American in Ukraine Finds the War He’s Been Searching For

For an unconventional former Marine colonel, Ukraine represents the morally just war that eluded him his entire career. But how much can he and his military start-up help?

Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/09/world/europe/ukraine-war-americans.html

Though Mr. Milburn is not involved in the actual fighting, he is constantly risking his life. On a recent day in Soledar, he and his colleagues were nearly hit by Russian rockets. Minutes after that, as they were changing a flat tire that had been shredded by shrapnel, a fighter jet swooped down on them, shooting more rockets and sending them scurrying into the bushes.