LYSYCHANSK, Ukraine — In Russian, the word "molodetz" roughly translates to "good job" or "bravo," and that's what 75-year-old Leonid was saying as he pointed at the Russian artillery's handiwork — the wreckage of a bombed-out building in a central street of Lysychansk in eastern Ukraine.
"The Ukrainian soldiers, they're bad people, cowards," added the retired security guard, who like others asked that their last name not be used for reasons of privacy. "They hide here, and then the moment the attack happens they run away."
His attitude demonstrated that in this part of the country, now the focal point of Moscow's invasion that began in late February, the Ukrainian army is not necessarily fighting on friendly ground.
