By The FirstMike Baker speaks with veteran journalist Reuben Johnson of the National Security Journal, who recounts his terrifying experience in the early days of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine — when his vehicle came under fire from Russian troops and he was kidnapped and held for weeks. A firsthand account of survival and the brutal reality of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
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