“I am HIV positive; I already had HIV when I joined a volunteer battalion to fight separatists in eastern Ukraine,” says Ukrainian war veteran Vasyl. “I had no fear for my life. I had nothing to lose.”
Russia's War Against Ukraine
BBC: HIV on Ukraine’s frontline – soldier who sought escape in battle
A Ukrainian soldier fires at Russia-backed separatists during night combat on the front line near Novoluhansk in the Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, on Nov. 14, 2019.
