At 91, Ukrainian American Sees Ominous Similarities Between WWII and Russian Invasion of His Birthplace

PHOENIX—On July 5, George Ilinsky of Phoenix turns 92—fate willing.
And with that milestone birthday comes the sad realization that most people he has known and loved are gone.
Few people live to be Ilinsky’s age with their minds as sharp and with names, dates, places, joys, and heartaches still intact. They’re all etched in his memory, like scrimshaw on an old sailor’s timepiece.
“I have no excuse about my memory,” he said, bright-eyed and with silver hair kept boyishly long for a man his age. “But somehow, my peer group at this moment is gone. Most of them are not around anymore.”…