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Buda-Babynetska (Ukraine) (AFP) – Just before he left New York for the war in Ukraine, American Vietnam veteran Steven Straub had the country’s blue and yellow flag tattooed on his arm along with the words “free Ukraine”. The 73-year-old arrived in Ukraine in the middle of last month as Russian forces were encircling major cities and closing in on the capital Kyiv. The retired maintenance worker from Florida has been undergoing intensive training with the Ukraine national guard in Kyiv since. On a recent day off, he was the guest of honour on a Ukrainian military tour of several villages outsi…