KYIV, Ukraine—The holidays are over and the winter doldrums have begun. For Ukrainians, the New Year has gotten off to a particularly bittersweet start, alternating between moments of monumental hope and tragedy.
The year began on an
optimistic note. The closing days of 2019 saw a landmark prisoner exchange
between Ukrainian and Russian forces, marking what many in Ukraine saw as the
bellwether for rejuvenated peace talks after more than five years at war with
their erstwhile Soviet ally.
Yet, that tepid optimism heading into the New Year was swiftly muted when Iranian surface-to-air missiles shot down a Ukrainian airliner outside Tehran on Jan. 8—only …read more
Source:: The Daily Signal
