Rebuilding and Revenge: Ukraine's Struggle Against Russian Aggression.
Mikhailo Vershinin, head of Mariupol’s Police Patrol, recalls the day he surrendered from the Russian siege of the Azovstal steel mill on the orders of the Ukrainian president a year ago. He experienced first-hand the day the final square of the besieged city fell and now recalls it with both deep sadness, but a sense of purpose for Ukraine’s future. More than 700 remain in captivity: winning their release has been a priority for the Ukrainian government, and for Vershinin, who was in a group exchanged for Russian prisoners of war last fall.