On the menu today: By the time you read this, I'll be someplace else, but I spent a day in Kovel, a small city in the northwest corner of Ukraine, not far from the Belarusian border. There, I spoke to the city's mayor, Ihor Chaika, and to a commander in one of Ukraine's civilian-defense units. This war is not close to being done.
On the Ground in Ukraine
Kovel, Ukraine — Yesterday, I spoke to a commander in one of Ukraine's civilian-defense units. Picture something akin to the U.S. Office of Civilian Defense during World War II, but carrying guns and being prepared to fight Russian soldiers if they come rolling into town, as they've done elsewhere in your country.
I'm not sure if this man wanted me to use his name, so I'll lean on the side of caution and use one of his nicknames, "Wolf." He's spent most of his life in the Ukrainian military and came over to the U.S. for training with the U.S. military twice, once in the late 1990s and once in the late 2000s. His English is very good, but he periodically consulted with our translator to figure out how to translate a particular word or term. An injury in 2017 forced him to ...
 | | | | | WITH JIM GERAGHTY August 23 2023 | |  | | WITH JIM GERAGHTY August 23 2023 | | |  | | On the menu today: By the time you read this, I'll be someplace else, but I spent a day in Kovel, a small city in the northwest corner of Ukraine, not far from the Belarusian border. There, I spoke to the city's mayor, Ihor Chaika, and to a commander in one of Ukraine's civilian-defense units. This war is not close to being done. On the Ground in Ukraine Kovel, Ukraine — Yesterday, I spoke to a commander in one of Ukraine's civilian-defense units. Picture something akin to the U.S. Office of Civilian Defense during World War II, but carrying guns and being prepared to fight Russian soldiers if they come rolling into town, as they've done elsewhere in your country. I'm not sure if this man wanted me to use his name, so I'll lean on the side of caution and use one of his nicknames, "Wolf." He's spent most of his life in the Ukrainian military and came over to the U.S. for training with the U.S. military twice, once in the late 1990s and once in the late 2000s. His English is very good, but he periodically consulted with our translator to figure out how to translate a particular word or term. An injury in 2017 forced him to ... READ MORE | | | | |
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