ERICA KOMISAR

2 months ago | thedispatch.com | Joseph Roche |Charlotte Lawson |Bennett Murray |ERICA KOMISAR

BERDYCHIV, Ukraine—Vakha, 60, sits in a small kitchen of a Soviet-era apartment, chain-smoking cigarettes. Seated at a dusty table, he pours himself a glass of Coke. Next to him, on a small gas stove, Mikhael Dudadiev, 39, known by his war name Benor, is preparing zhizhig galnash, a traditional Chechen dish made of meat, pasta, and garlic sauce.