And just so you get the picture: during his year of service, he was taken to the training range only twice. In the spring, BBC News Ukraine and the Ukrainian state TV channel published the case of 34-year-old Vadym Lietunov from Odessa. He received combat training at the regiment’s training ground in the Sumy region. For some reason, a bunch of fat-assed military guys don't think about their brothers-in-arms when I see them clustering together and drinking coffee by a cafe in the morning—yet people tried to convince me that I don’t think about my guys. And there wasn't really anyone to talk to at the front, either—just meth-heads, drunks, gambling addicts, die-hard patriots, military fanatics.