"Today, the war is this endless routine: huge numbers of casualties, destruction everywhere, constant missile and drone attacks, and funerals that never stop. The war has reached a deadlock, yet both sides still have the strength and resources to keep fighting," said Yanina, a 32-year-old Ukrainian woman living in Türkiye.
Her words illustrate the daily reality for millions as the war drags on into its fifth year. For Ukrainians and Russians, however, the impact of the conflict is starkly different.
For those still in Ukraine, life means constant bombardment, the fear of death, and winters without heat and sometimes without electricity.
For Ukrainians who have left the country, it means watching their hometowns crumble and living with the anxiety of losing loved ones.
Yanina told Daily Sabah that the war was an effort by Russia to revise the collapse of the Soviet Union and "bring Ukraine back into the circle of ‘brotherly nations.’"
