Amid the cacophony of voices on Twitter reporting facts, rumors and hearsay on the battle for control of eastern Ukraine this summer, one feed, written by a Ukrainian-American investment banker who volunteered to fight the Russian-backed separatists, has offered a no-nonsense account of life on the front lines of what the government in Kyiv calls its Anti-Terrorist Operation, or ATO.
Russia's War Against Ukraine
New York Times: An American voice on Ukraine’s front lines goes silent
Mark Paslawsky, a 55-year-old investment banker and United States Army veteran, was killed during a battle in Ilovaysk, outside the rebel-held city of Donetsk.
