DONETSK — “Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to our concert!” It was 6:34 p.m. when the staccato of mortar fire rounds began, and Alexandr, a 33-year-old Ukrainian soldier who goes by the nom de guerre “Grom” (Thunder), and his joke invited everyone inside. In Zenit, a Ukrainian army position on the front line with a direct view of the Donetsk airport two kilometers away, soldiers get concerts in their hometown every single day. We were the first to embed with the unit in Zenit, a team of two Romanian journalists. Out of the eight middle August days with …read more
Source: The Huffington Post
