The Sun’s Jerome Starkey says his friend was “press-ganged” after a seemingly routine traffic stop
The defense editor for British newspaper The Sun has claimed his Ukrainian colleague and translator has been forcibly drafted into the army amid the country’s conscription crisis.
In a story published over the weekend, Jerome Starkey wrote that he, photographer Peter Jordan, and an unnamed Ukrainian journalist he has “worked with for years” were stopped by Ukrainian soldiers at a roadblock for what seemed like a routine document check.
According to Starkey, several hours later his Ukrainian colleague was “forcibly press-ganged” into the army. “Our…
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