Morning Jolt: The Men Fighting for Ukraine

WITH JIM GERAGHTY

February 24 2025

On the menu today: While the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv has been noisy during the first stretch of this visit, it is at least far from the front. The eastern city of Kharkiv is more or less just down the road from the fighting, and yet the city's condition is one of contradictions — bombed buildings with plywood in the windows downtown, but a thriving shopping mall not far away. In recent days I've spoken with three soldiers fighting for Ukraine — one homegrown, one an American volunteer, and the third from Germany, serving in the International Legion. Read on.

Kiril, Dan, and Odin: Three War Stories

Kharkiv, Ukraine — Before the war, Ukraine's second-largest city of Kharkiv was 19 miles south of Russian border. Over the last three years, the Russians have spent a lot of blood and treasure trying to push that border closer to here, including a surprise offensive this past summer ...