Andrii Shadrin

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‘Death is still better than living in Russia’: A Ukrainian medic on the front lines says there’s no choice but to fight

Ukraine

Ukrainian Cpl. Andrii Shadrin has been deployed to the Donbas region to fight Russian-backed separatists a half dozen times since 2014. The 26-year-old medic spoke to The World’s host Carolyn Beeler from a makeshift base in the Luhansk region.