Putin’s soldiers had no idea they were invading Ukraine until they took return fire from Kyiv forces, an ex-paratrooper reveals in a new book about Putin’s ‘terrible war’ on Russia’s neighbour
Carrie LaChance and her husband, Nate, starting building their Dallas-area ‘castle’ in 2020 but thanks to the pandemic it is still under construction. They are battling rising costs and supply chain strains.
After weeks of having their assaults on Kyiv thwarted at every turn, Putin’s commanders are now refocusing their efforts on the Donbas region in the east of Ukraine.