Ukrainians marked the first day of spring with words of hope and pictures of flowers on social media, acknowledging they had survived a bleak winter at war with Russia.
at the start of the winter that Ukraine was on the brink of a humanitarian disaster, when a slew of Russian airstrikes targeted the country’s energy infrastructure, leaving citizens across the country facing blackouts and an absence of heat and running water. On the battlefield, troops fought in temperatures below freezing.
At the time, the World Health Organization warned that the period of extreme weather could be life-threatening. “Put simply, this winter will be about survival,” said Hans Henri P. Kluge, regional director for the WHO.On Friday, Ukraine marked one year at war with Russia, a conflict that has displaced millions of Ukrainians and killed tens of thousands of people on each side.
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