Before the full-scale invasion, there was the ATO, trench warfare, reconnaissance missions, sniper teams and years of grinding war most of the world barely paid attention to.

My latest piece looks at life inside Azov and the Marines before 2022, the realities, the propaganda, the training, the chaos and the men I served alongside, many of whom are no longer alive.

From Mariupol and Yurivka to Pisky and Donbas, this is the side of the war outsiders rarely understood. 🇺🇦