Turchak
Eugene "Zhora" Turchak : Zhora was an executive director for a Kyiv construction firm before he joined the Euromaidan revolution, delivering merchandise from his warehouses to the revolutionaries. After Russia invaded Crimea, he immediately visited a recruiting station, was assigned to the 95th Brigade and deployed East. He was assigned to a special assault task force, responsible for storming and liberating separatist-occupied towns including in Stepanivka and Zelenopillia, where his squad liberated three Ukrainian Armed Forces Brigades that were surrounded by the insurgents. Today, he works as a project manager for veterans support nonprofit organizations. READ EXCERPT FROM ZHORA'S STORY