A train through Ukraine: a journey into the stories of two years of war

 

 

"If the big story of the first year of Ukrainian resistance to Putin’s war was one of resilience, inspiration, and unity in the face of an existential threat, as the war enters its third year, new fault lines are starting to appear in Ukrainian society, ones that could be hard to repair when the war is over: between those who fought and those who did not, those who left and those who stayed, those who have lived under Russian occupation and those who have not.

The war has reached a particularly difficult moment, with a challenging situation on the frontline, cracks showing in the international support for Ukraine and the cumulative burden of two years of disrupted lives. In addition to the hatred for Russia, there is now another thing that unites most Ukrainians. It is most noticeable at the front, but also visible in the corridors of power, the homes of ordinary people and even here, in the compartments of long-distance trains: exhaustion."

read report by Shaun Walker

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