Alex Drueke and Andy Huynh are both military veterans from Alabama, so it was natural that they formed a bond once they met in Ukraine, where each traveled separately with the intention of helping defend democracy against Russian invaders. I am not going to lie and say that it has not been really, really hard,” Black said. “He approached me and said, ‘I’m going to go to Ukraine.’ I told him, ‘For you, that makes sense,’” she said. Before leaving for Europe, Huynh told his local newspaper, The Decatur Daily, he couldn’t stop thinking about Russia’s invasion. “I know it wasn’t my problem, but there was that gut feeling that I felt I had to do something,” Huynh told the paper.

Source: Los Angeles Times June 17, 2022 20:20 UTC