Over a hundred women braved a snowstorm in early December to gather in central Kyiv’s Independence Square and call on the government to demobilize their relatives who have been on the front lines since the first days of the invasion. Draped in Ukrainian flags, women chanted “It’s their turn now.” Others shouted, “Soldiers are not made of iron.” Many Ukrainian soldiers who volunteered when Russia launched its full-scale invasion in February 2022 are still on the front line, exhausted after almost two years of combat without a break. “It’s been almost two years, and the same people are in the tr…
