In the trenches, a foreign fighter's view of Ukraine's offensive
Mykolaiv (Ukraine) (AFP) - Back home in South Carolina, "Rockstar" was doing a bit of gardening. Today he's scrabbling around in the trenches with a handful of foreign fighters as Ukraine stages an offensive to retake Russian-held areas. Some 15 kilometres (nine miles) from the frontline, the lanky 26-year-old is roaming the streets of a Ukrainian village looking for cigarettes. Despite the curly mullet that earned him his "Rockstar" nickname, Gideon Rinehardt spent four years serving with the US National Guard. And that experience is probably what made him worthy of joining what he calls the ...