my very close friend a west point classmate covid 1981 graduate was working on wall street in 2014. went to ukraine, joined the ukrainian army was commanding a btr company in combat. after the protest and was killed by the russians in combat. his last words he just wanted to be a ukrainian. and so these people are proud, they are brave, they are going to fight their heading out more to the russians than they actually thought they would get from the ukrainians. fascinating and incredible story of courage mere west point friend who fought and died for ukraine. general comment give us a thumbnail sketch. one of the things i m hearing from a lot of people is they want a better understanding of ukraine s history. just a brief, lay it out for us as you can. and why it is this is such an ego maniacal dream of vladimir putin to put back together the