Almost two years into Ukraine's grinding war with Russia, Ukrainian families around the country are coming to terms with the prospect of a much longer and costlier conflict than they had hoped for, and one that some now acknowledge they're not guaranteed to win.
When Antonina Danylevych's husband enlisted in the Ukrainian army in March 2022, he had to line up at the draft office alongside crowds of patriotic countrymen. Danylevych, a 43-year-old HR manager, gave her blessing when Oleksandr joined up with tens of thousands of other Ukrainian citizens to defy the Russian invasion. "We want Ukraine to win, but not through the efforts of the same people," she said in an interview at her home in Kyiv.
Almost two years into the grinding war, many around the country are coming to terms with the prospect of a much longer and costlier conflict than they had hoped for
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"We want Ukraine to win, but not through the efforts of the same people," she said in an interview at her home in Kyiv. "I can see they need to be replaced