“It's been almost two years, and the same people are in the trenches,” 29-year-old Alina, who declined to tell her last name, fearing backlash for her soldier husband, told the Kyiv Independent. “Many of them are already dead.”
Full-scale invasion and national resilience, broadcasted live.
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Russian Mi-8 helicopter makes emergency landing, causes power outage in Bryansk region
Russian Mi-8 helicopter made an emergency landing on a highway in Bryansk region, Russia, Telegram channels report. High-voltage lines were damaged, and four districts of the region lost electricity.
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Yuriy from Dubno serves in 23rd Engineer-Position Regiment
Yuriy hails from Dubno. For almost two years, he has been serving as part of the 23rd Engineer-Position Regiment of the Ukraine Armed Forces Support Forces Command. He volunteered and mobilized immediately after the start of Russia's large-scale invasion of Ukraine.
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Occupiers rush to hell
The occupiers rush to hell.
— Defense of Ukraine (@DefenceU) 17 janvier 2024
📹: 35th UA Marines Brigade pic.twitter.com/q3BLdlBuyLThe occupiers rush to hell. : 35th UA Marines Brigade
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Putin: Russia won’t return conquered territories
We won’t give back what we have conquered, says Putin https://t.co/W124Nfayn1
— Tymofiy Mylovanov (@Mylovanov) 17 janvier 2024We won’t give back what we have conquered, says Putin
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Ukraine faces tough questions as war becomes exhausting marathon
Ukraine faces tough dividing questions, the war's turned into an exhausting marathon for a non-professional athlete, and the world dreams that the war is over or at least forgotten and off the news. But none of this will change the reality. 13/
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On not judging choices of sacrifice and survival
There are those who have died defending Ukraine and there are those who have survived and live relatively safely because others have died. How do we judge each other? People have made different choice and sacrificed differently? How do we judge those choices? I think we don't/
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Ukrainians polarized by ethical divide between servers and leavers
Are Ukrainians polarized? Yes, but it is a different polarization from what people think. It is founded on unanswered ethical questions. There are those who serve and there are those who have left for Europe. There are those in the military and there are civilians in Ukraine 8/
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After Ukraine’s 500K mobilization, fear gone, remains at Kyiv School
But in the recent months, as Ukraine announced a new wave of mobilization of 500K people, I have been revisiting the question. I still think my place is at the Kyiv School of Economics, and I am still determined to serve if asked to. But my fear is gone. 5/
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Ukrainian’s personal transformation and draft preparation skills
These last months have transformed me. I have started brining myself in a better mental and physical shape, I now go to shooting ranges and learn other skills that could potentially be useful if I am drafted. I think many Ukrainians are experiencing the same transformation 6/