Introduction

At least 18 people killed when a russian missile hit a shopping centr in eukranian city of kremenchuck. The impact will weigh heavily on the minds of nato leaders who were meeting in madrid to day for perhaps their most important summit in generations. And before the invasion of ukraine, roman tushni lobbied successfully to preserve a pristine strip of forest in his native kio. Our obituary editor looks back on the life of a young man who was soon drawn into a far larger fight to save what he loved.