The fifth floor condo in Irpin, a suburb north of Kyiv, was new and well-furnished, with attractive tile floors and an espresso machine on the kitchen counter.
But the residents had wisely abandoned it and the Canadian sniper known as Wali knew there were scores of Russian soldiers nearby. He warned “Shadow,” his fellow Canadian foreign fighter, not to touch the curtains, a sure signal to the enemy they were inside and potential targets.
