Special Envoy in Sloviansk
George K. does not look like a special man. With a round, smiling face, he looks more like the police cadet he was until recently than a soldier. “Gora”, as he is called, was preparing for a quiet, somewhat boring life as a civil servant in Mariupol, this Ukrainian port planted on the Sea of Azov, at the age of 23. The Russians derailed that trajectory, launching him on an odyssey like only wars. From one front to another.
“On February 24, when they attacked, they made me feel immediately.” Armed with a bulletproof vest and a Kalashnikov, he is sent to a checkpoint “So that spies don’t come to town”. The position is exposed, and the situation in his hometown is rapidly deteriorating. The troops from Moscow, leaving the Crimea and Russia, advance and quickly besiege the port. “In the beginning, they bombarded only with rockets. Then, approaching, they hit the artillery…
Source: Le Figaro
