Ukrainians dodging the front


Kuruch is now working as a taxi driver in Warsaw after seeking refuge in Poland. — AFP

IVAN Ishchenko volunteered to fight against invading Russian troops, but after a month of combat he was willing to pay thousands of dollars and risk prison to flee the front.

“Before I went to war, I thought I was a superhero. But all heroism ends when people see (war) with their own eyes and realise that they don’t belong there,” Ishchenko, 30, said.

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