It s no longer a holiday. it s very difficult, he says. there aren t many of us left. but this man is still here, the 96-year-old world war ii veteran, doesn t have to remember the terror of wars. he s been given new memories. a russian tank blasted a hole in his home. he fought as a soviet against the germans but has never had any love for the soviets after he says he was jailed for speaking up against them. i was awarded medals and orders for victory, but i did not recognize them and never wore them, he says. he says putin s russia has started a war it cannot win. it s an atrocity, it s vandalism, he says. probably the leadership is stupid. only idiots would do this, start a war against ukraine. both men say they have the will to fight again, if not with their bodies, then with their