Jul 24, 2026 – 11.59amAs their children play happily in the room next door, the Ukrainian mothers wonder and worry about what their future looks like as war continues in their homeland.They are among almost a million Ukrainian refugees who fled to neighbouring Poland in the days and weeks after Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the invasion of Ukraine in 2022.Subscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Andrew TillettEurope correspondentAndrew Tillett is The Australian Financial Review’s correspondent for Europe, based in London. He was formerly foreign affairs and defence correspondent based in Canberra.Fetching latest articles
As Ukraine hits Russia’s ‘Amazon’, families wonder when war will end
Drones are helping Kyiv achieve success on the battlefield. But Ukrainian refugees wonder what their homeland will look like post-war.
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