Politics

The Catalan mercenary who commands respect in Ukraine: "I was trained to kill."

Joan Estévez (Vilac, 1986) has watched more than twenty times Save Private Ryan. The last time, last week. He says it's the only war film that manages to even minimally capture what he experienced in the trenches of Ukraine, the real war. He's a mercenary. And he claims to be one, because he considers it a job like any other. For almost two years, he's fought on the front lines at various points along the Ukrainian fronts to defend Kiev from the Russian invasion. His previous experience in elite units of the Spanish army and the French Foreign Legion has earned him the respect of Volodymyr Zelensky's troops.

Joan Estévez (Vilac, 1986) has watched more than twenty times . The last time, last week. He says it's the only war film that manages to even minimally capture what he experienced in the trenches of Ukraine, the real war.

He's a mercenary. And he claims to be one, because he considers it a job like any other. For almost two years, he's fought on the front lines at various points along the Ukrainian fronts to defend Kiev from the Russian invasion.

His previous experience in elite units of the Spanish army and the French Foreign Legion has earned him the respect of Volodymyr Zelensky's troops..