AdvertisementFar from the front lines, Ukrainians guard checkpoints and wait for the war to comeMarch 17, 2022Ryan LucasRyan KellmanfacebookEmailOleh Pokrovsky helps man a small checkpoint on a bumpy road leading to his village. "The privilege that we have of sitting here at this checkpoint is thanks directly to those who are enlisted in the military and are defending Ukraine's borders," he says. "If it weren't for them, then this would be under Russian occupation right now." (NPR)