A year ago today, when Russia invaded Ukraine, we frantically tried to find Ukrainians to tell us what they were experiencing. In a completely random stroke of luck, we reached a man named Kuri Vasil in Western Ukraine. Now, he didn't speak English, so that was a mess, but his niece, Yulia Lopushinska, did, and she agreed to translate. The two of them were proud, they were defiant, they were sure Ukraine would win.

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