Moscow says a full takeover of the Donbas region is now its “unconditional priority”
(Picture: AFP via Getty Images)Just a few months ago, married couple Oksana and Stanislav Krasnova were both working at the same law firm in Kyiv. Now, they are fighting next to each other in the trenches of Donbas in eastern Ukraine.
“I’m not frightened, I’m bored... I’ve heard this a million times now,” says Oksana, 26, a rifle slung over her shoulder as she nods to the artillery thundering over the barracks where she and several others from their unit of 70 soldiers are enjoying a few days of (relative) R&R. Alongside them is Nikolai, a young soldier from the city of Cherkasy who says he plans to celebrate his 22nd birthday tomorrow with his first day of fighting Putin’s army on the frontline.
