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In Kyiv two things became clearer to me: first, most Ukrainians truly see the conflict as a war of survival for their nation

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What I learned in Kyiv: any 'political solution' will be brutal

"I wake up every morning, thinking this may be my last day. I have never lived like this", a young woman in Kyiv told me 10 days ago, when I visited the city. It seemed calm, and life was normal. But this week the missiles came back.

There is no normalcy. War is an all-consuming experience. Every Ukrainian is involved in it in one way or another: Fighting, helping, caring, worrying, crying.

In Kyiv two things became clearer to me: first, most Ukrainians truly see the conflict as...

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Michael Meyer-Resende is the executive director of Democracy Reporting International, a non-partisan NGO in Berlin that supports political participation.

In Kyiv two things became clearer to me: first, most Ukrainians truly see the conflict as a war of survival for their nation

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Michael Meyer-Resende is the executive director of Democracy Reporting International, a non-partisan NGO in Berlin that supports political participation.

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