Ukraine: the endless war

On February 24, Russia attacked Ukraine and, this time, it did so on a large scale: around 5 am the Russian Armed Forces, after having bombed some strategic targets, crossed the border. In the first 24 hours of the conflict, Russia launched 160 ballistic missiles and carried out 75 air raids. The ground forces enter from the Belarusian and Russian borders and join the separatist forces already present in the country and at war against Kyiv since 2014. Missiles are raining down on some important Ukrainian cities and also on the capital: Ukraine is under attack and the first to pay the price are civilians. A river of refugees abandons the areas of the Country where fighting is taking place and, with every means available, they tries to reach safety in the west or outside the national borders. To date the toll is dramatic: tens of thousands of victims on both sides, millions of refugees and internally displaced people and, despite over a year having passed, continues to be an endless war.

On February 24, Russia attacked Ukraine and, this time, it did so on a large scale: around 5 am the Russian Armed Forces, after having bombed some strategic targets, crossed the border.
In the first 24 hours of the conflict, Russia launched 160 ballistic missiles and carried out 75 air raids. The ground forces enter from the Belarusian and Russian borders and join the separatist forces already present in the country and at war against Kyiv since 2014.
Missiles are raining down on some important Ukrainian cities and also on the capital: Ukraine is under attack and the first to pay the price are civilians.
A river of refugees abandons the areas of the Country where fighting is taking place and, with every means available, they tries to reach safety in the west or outside the national borders. The population crowds the stations looking for a place on the first available bus or train: people push and shout, men wave to their wives and children from the windows, while the vehicles slowly leave with their load of desperation.
Those who remain find refuge in subway stations or in the basements of houses or schools.
Ukraine is transforming quickly: the conflict that we have become accustomed to living with for 8 years reaches everyone's lives, there are those who join the army or the territorial defense forces, those who bring direct solidarity to the most needy.
The civilian deaths in the streets, meanwhile, tell the world the horror of what the Russian government does not want to call war and it continues to call a "special operation".
To date the toll is dramatic: tens of thousands of victims on both sides, around 8 million refugees and 5.3 million internally displaced people, over 1000 health facilities damaged or destroyed, as well as 2300 schools, 438 children killed and 854 left wounded in what, despite over a year having passed, continues to be an endless war.