59th (Staffordshire) Infantry Division

The infantry of the 59th brigade of the Ukrainian army is facing a harsh reality, and one of the commanders of that brigade, called Tigar, estimates that only 60 to 70 percent, of the several thousand men in the brigade at the beginning of the conflict, are still in service. The rest were killed, wounded or discharged due to old age or illness.

“My goal last year was to reach my 59th birthday. My goal now is to speak publicly about it & help, to save at least one more life through my experience”