For most Ukrainians the anniversary of the invasion is not a day for reflection, as they're still living it day to day.
A candle is lit inside the wreck of a Russian T-72 tank, destroyed on the approach to Kyiv and was placed in front of the Russian Embassy to mark the first anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, in Berlin, Germany, Friday, Feb. 24, 2023.
“There is no space for reflection,” Galadza said, sitting in a boardroom in the Canadian Embassy in Ukraine’s capital city of Kyiv on Friday.She retreated with her Canadian staff to the western city of Lviv before fleeing the country on Feb. 24, 2022. That was when missile strikes rained down on the country at dawn as Russian tanks invaded from the northern border with Belarus toward the capital city of Kyiv and from the south.
Still, streets are quiet in the capital, as residents fear the possibility of Russian missile strikes to mark the anniversary. “That was very meaningful to do that in the middle of Kyiv, the Kyiv that Russia thought they were going to take in a matter of hours,” she said. “It was powerful.”
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