In memoriam Yevhen, a soldier of Ukraine

Plus NYRB essay, 'Scholzing' and the spectre of President le Pen

History of the Present (fortnight ending 4 February 2023)

A tweet recording the death of Yevhen Hulevych, just a few weeks after I met him when he was recovering from his second round of war wounds in Lviv last December. (NB I can’t vouch for the accuracy of the attribution to Bakhmut, but he had certainly returned to active service, as he told me he w…