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19 December 2023
After almost two years of Russian full-scale invasion, Ukrainians face a bitter perspective: the war will not end anytime soon. Western military and financial aid may be slowing down because of internal political issues, which means Putin will get what he needs – time. For Ukraine and its best people on the battlefield, this is a tragedy.
I meet Lisa Zharikova during her short stay in Kyiv. She’s got just a few hours in the city as her unit is getting prepared for a combat mission in Donbas. We speak shortly before the 10th anniversary of Euromaydan, Ukraine’s Revolution of Dignity on 29 November 2013.
Lisa was a student at that time, getting her MA in Ukrainian literature and protesting peacefully at the Kyiv central square, when riot police violently dispersed the crowd, brutally beating up young girls and boys.