“Ukrainian Soldier’s Diary: Fighting Against Russians in Bachmoet”

Rostyslav Likhach (34, nickname Byker) has a four-month-old daughter when he goes to the front at Bachmoet in January. There, the Ukrainian soldier fights against the Russians, escapes death thanks to a nail and is wounded by a tank shell while taking shelter in a cellar. This is the diary he writes during that period, often with frozen fingers. “We kill them, but new ones keep coming.”