Roman Mongold serves on a training ground for his fellow Ukrainian soldiers last year in his country's Kharkiv region. (Carolyn Van Houten/The Washington Post)
While Roman Mongold, a Ukrainian soldier, was pinned down surrounded by the enemy for nearly six months, he traded voice memos with his wife with a commander’s help.
THE UKRAINIAN SOLDIER is lying on a cold cement floor.
His beard is long, his hair matted. His fingers are broken. His teeth ache with rot.
