Ukrainians are repelled by the prospect of capitulating to Moscow as the war barrels into another year.
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Kyiv, Ukraine – Hennady Kolesnik never expected the full-scale Russian invasion to last this long.
“These are the worst and longest years of my life,” the 71-year-old retired welder told Al Jazeera four years after the aggression that began on February 24, 2022.
In the first days of the war, he and many Ukrainians were afraid Kyiv would be lost, as well as the third of their France-sized nation that lies on the left, eastern bank of the Dnipro River.
Tens of thousands of Russian troops, including elite airborne units and motor rifle brigades, occupied north of the Kyiv region, while the Kremlin’s supporters triumphantly touted that the capital would be seized “within three days”.
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