For 13 years, Ukraine has been home to Matt Thacker ( @TheKitchenCosmonaut ) , a 41-year-old from North Carolina. Since Russia’s full-scale invasion, he’s been bringing something unusual to the front lines: ribeye steaks, chicken and dumplings, and homemade borscht. Matt isn’t a soldier, and he says he isn’t there to save lives.
He’s there to cook — to give Ukrainian troops a break from canned meat and buckwheat, and to show them, in his words, that the world stands with them.
The American Bringing Ribeye Steaks to Ukrainian Soldiers
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