After 100 days of war, Ukraine is resolved to take its land back from Russia

June 3, 2022 By Lauren Egan

KHARKIV, Ukraine — As Russia’s invasion grinds into its 100th day with no clear end in sight, Ukrainians seem more determined than ever to take back every lost inch of their battered land. From officials in Kyiv to residents in Kharkiv, the message is clear: The country will not accept concessions of territory in order to reach a peace agreement with its invading neighbor.............

=Olena Ruban, 53, said that conceding territory in exchange for peace “should not even be adiscussion.”.......... “We will fight to the end. I will pick up a gun and fight myself if I need to,” she said, as she worked to clean up her house that was damaged when Russian forces occupied the region. Ukrainian troops pushed them out last month in a successful counterattack outside the country's second-largest city of Kharkiv.

“I understand even more clearly now that compromise is not an option,” she said. “We still believe in victory.”.......Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger said Kyiv should accept ceding territory to bring an end to the invasion, while Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi called for a cease-fire in Ukraine “as soon as possible.” The New York Times’ editorial board argued in a recent piece that Ukraine would have to confront “painful territorial decisions.”

Ukrainian officials have slammed the idea........To Read More....