On the front line with Ukraine’s youngest commander

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On March 10, Russian propaganda outlet topwar.ru reported Melnik had “disappeared without a trace” after the targeted strike. But Melnik is very much alive. Lunch interrupted At a venue in Kharkiv, flanked by his security detail, Melnick sits down for lunch with an American friend. Melnik’s visitor is Ralph Goff, a 35-year veteran of the Central Intelligence Agency whose cover was lifted when he retired last October, coincidentally the last time an American shipment of weapons arrived in Ukraine. “You came here, under enemy fire, again. You are my brother,” Melnik says. At the beginning of the meal, Goff offers...