Sergei Misyura

Soldiers from the Ukrainian self-defence battalion "Azov" sit at a checkpoint in the southern coastal town of Mariupol on September 8, 2014.

Live from the frontlines of Ukraine, it’s an army officer on Twitter

September 9, 2014Conflict

Sergei Misyura is just your average gadget nerd with a blog and a Twitter account — except he’s also an officer in the Ukrainian Army. And when his unit went into battle in eastern Ukraine this summer, he took his popular Twitter feed with him, posting an on-the-ground view of the battle.

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