Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky attends a joint press conference with his Polish counterpart Mateusz Morawiecki (not pictured) following their meeting in Kyiv, Feb. 24. EPA-YonhapUkraine's leader pledged to push for victory in 2023 as he and other Ukrainians marked the somber anniversary, Friday, of the Russian invasion that upended their lives and Europe's security. Ukrainians wept at memorials for their tens of thousands of dead ― a toll growing inexorably as fighting rages in eastern Ukraine in particular. Ukraine also is readying another military push to roll back Russian forces ― with weaponry that has been pouring in from the West. Yeva, a Ukrainian toddler who was born on Feb. 24, 2022 plays with her mother Alina Mustafaieva at their home in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Feb. 17.

Source: The Times February 24, 2023 22:49 UTC