More than 1,500 miles from home, I opened my truck’s tailgate and pulled out the two-burner stove. As I started cooking dinner, waves crashed loudly on the rocky shore, a stone’s throw away. It was 4:30 p.m. Moments earlier, I’d peeled off my wetsuit...

As the United States and Russia work to push a ceasefire, Ukraine is attempting to recruit younger soldiers for the war, and it seems content to keep it going. Kiev must lower its conscription age in order to recruit more for the conflict. In a...