'War in Ukraine began eight years ago but the world is only just noticing'

A freedom fighter from Ukraine’s bloody 2014 uprising is back on the front line and says Putin will ­never triumph.

For Volodymyr Parasiuk, who protested against Ukraine ’s then pro-Russian president, the war with their powerful, murderous neighbours has been going on for years.

And holding a bullet aloft, the 32-year-old says: “This is the only language Putin understands. We will kill the last Russian here and destroy the last Russian tank. We will win.”