Nataliya Edelman’s return to her home city in Ukraine was traumatic.
When she visited in the fall, much of her native Bucha, Ukraine, a city 10 miles from Kyiv, lay in ruins after nearly two years of war.
In some parts charred, deserted buildings stood amid scattered refuse. Explosions had flipped cars, turning them into crumpled scrap heaps on the street.
Streets she had walked as a child were obliterated, with all the houses, buildings and trees gone — even the rubble had been cleaned up — leaving nothing but a haunting memory of what once was.
Even more devastating were the lives lost. Many people she knew had died at the hands of Russian invaders, and not just in battle…
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