A residential building heavily damaged in Russian military strikes, Avdiivka, Ukraine, Nov. 8, 2023.
"The Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 was supposed to be an easy win for President Vladimir Putin. Eight years earlier, Russian soldiers had invaded eastern Ukraine, gained control of two cities, Donetsk and Luhansk, and annexed the Crimean Peninsula in just one month. In the aftermath of the invasion, many commentators predicted that Ukraine’s capital city, Kyiv, would fall to Russian soldiers in a matter of days. ... February 24 marks the two-year anniversary of the
largest land war in Europe since World War II. No Ukrainian has been spared impact by the conflict, which has leveled entire towns,
displaced 10 million, killed
at least 10,000 civilians, and injured another 18,500. But in the darkness of war, Ukrainians have banded together to support their country and its people. Over the past two years, the
Voice has corresponded with Ukrainian soldiers, volunteers, municipal workers, and civilians caught in a country in conflict. In light of the anniversary of the war, we reconnected with some of our previous correspondents to learn how their lives have changed since we last spoke. ..."
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