"I snapped this picture from the car window on the road to Kyiv from western Ukraine last month. My Ukrainian colleagues and I had just been reporting from the town of Ternopil, which was targeted by an early-morning Russian missile attack. It had been a scene of such sorrow and desolation. The attack blasted the top off an apartment building, killing more than 35 people, including children. The building's jagged bricks stood against the empty sky. I saw clothes had been blown into the trees."
"Around the same time, a U.S.-backed peace proposal widely seen as favoring Russian interests came to light. The heaviness of the moment weighed hard. Yet as I rode through the snowy countryside on that Sunday morning, I saw people heading to church, probably as they'd done for centuries. I was struck by the quiet beauty and, given the circumstances, the sadness of the scene. But it also conveyed a resilience. Against overwhelming odds, the Ukrainians were continuing on with their lives."
A car-window photograph captures a journey toward Kyiv after reporting from Ternopil, which suffered an early-morning Russian missile strike. The attack blew the top off an apartment building, killing more than 35 people, including children, leaving jagged bricks and clothes caught in trees. A U.S.-backed peace proposal perceived as favoring Russian interests surfaced around the same time, intensifying the sense of heaviness. Despite sorrow and desolation, people moved through snowy countryside toward church, demonstrating quiet beauty and resilience as Ukrainians continued their lives under dire circumstances.
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