Epilogue
What we do know is that sixty-one thousand Ukrainians died in the first three years of the war, of which forty-six thousand were civilians.
Five million children have become displaced from their homes.
Thirteen million people remain uprooted from their homes.
A hundred and sixty-two thousand Russians have died.
Five million, nine hundred thousand Ukrainian refugees have fled and been reported in Europe and other countries.
At least six cities have been totally destroyed, and five more severely damaged.
And one thousand, six hundred historical monuments have been destroyed.
And locals continue to live with minimal heat, power, electricity, clean water, food, and medical supplies, amid daily attacks that continue to kill and displace people.
During the war, heroes have emerged, children have been murdered, war is always a human tragedy.
And only with great courage, wisdom, and flood tides of love can such tragedies be averted, the fighting ended, and the healing begun at last. The losses and the tragedies touch and wound us all, and hopefully will make us stronger, braver, and wiser than before.
The war in Ukraine rages on after four years, with no end in sight to the losses and the tragedies. We pray that it will end soon.
D.S.