A Detroit man is leaving the United States to join the battle against Russia in Ukraine, saying he’s 'compelled' to uphold the concept of democracy.
Dujon Johnson, who just two years ago was training Ukrainian professors and graduate students about how to bring transparency and democracy to the classroom, will fly Wednesday to Amsterdam and then into Poland before traveling to Ukraine, where he will immediately join the fight.
Johnson served with the U.S. Peace Corps in Ukraine from 2018 to 2020. He also has military experience as a U.S. Army veteran, having served in Germany in the 1970s, according to the Detroit Free Press. “I get real-time information from Ukraine from my contacts there, and they’re really, really suffering,” Johnson said.Members of Church of the King in downtown Berkeley, Michigan, near Detroit, gathered to pray for Johnson. Some Ukrainians also came to thank him.
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