Sushi is about as far from traditional Ukrainian food as you can get. Over the past 20 years, it’s become central to the identity and cuisine of a country at war.
Blade recounts how one of his sushi cravings unfurled during a brief moment of calm while stationed in the south of Ukraine during the first year of the country’s war with Russia. “The enemy was very close,” he said. The drone pilot and his team were just beyond the front lines, regrouping in the war-ravaged village of Bashtanka.
