Portraits of Ukrainians on the anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion
AP News • • world
Key Points:
- Ukrainians have endured four years of war, facing loss and hardship but maintaining hope, as illustrated through personal stories from various individuals affected by the conflict.
- Tetiana Khimion, a former ballroom dance judge, became a sniper in the Ukrainian army, demonstrating a dramatic shift from peaceful pursuits to active combat.
- Oksana Osypenko lost her husband in a Russian airstrike and struggles to raise her young son without him, highlighting the personal toll of the war on families.
- Ruslan Knysh, wounded and amputee from a drone attack, continues to serve and rehabilitate, using dark humor and poetry to cope with his trauma.
- Elderly couple Liudmyla and Viktor Shytik have been displaced multiple
