A group of Ukrainian veterans is in North Texas this weekend, sharing rare firsthand accounts of what they endured on the front lines.

Taking in what Dallas has to offer is a stark contrast to what they've lived through on the front lines in the war against Russia.

"You have to understand what it's like to be a Marine," Yevhenii Malik said. "You are afraid inside because everyone is afraid; that is normal, but you don't show this."

At the start of the war, Malik was stationed in Mariupol. Two months later, he was captured by Russian forces. He describes the next two and a half years in captivity as "hell."

"I tried to count," he said. "I thought that I was beaten approximately 300 times during this time in the prison."

He says interrogations were constant, many centered on the Unite

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