An American fighting for Ukraine

Putin's atrocities in Ukaine are nearing their fifth year, and already have lasted longer than Stalin's "Great Patriotic War" against Nazi Germany. Early on, idealistic and adventure-seeking foreigners volunteered for the Ukrainian Army, in numbers sufficient to form them into a Foreign Legion of their own. Many have since gone home, but the Kyiv Independent today has the story of an American code-named (and perhaps actually named) Ryan. He signed up in March 2022, took off a year to visit his family in the Pacific Northwest, and now had returned to the fight. Read his plea, and take the opportunity to subscribe to the newspaper that for nearly four years has been the first thing I read every morning.