#NEWS OF THE DAY
#RUSSIA REFUSES TO REMOVE VICTORY BANNER FROM EMBASSY IN #SEOUL: In Seoul, a 15-meter long banner reading “Victory will be ours” in Russian appeared on the building of the Embassy of the Russian Federation in South Korea. https://www.chosun.com/english/national-en/2026/02/22/CKQ3SFM5E5HYBNH6AZUX6DAN7U/
Natalia wakes up in the middle of the night to check the time. The screen shows the year 2014.
#war
She blinks, and the digits slowly return to normal. Outside, it is February 2026. But she is living by a calendar that lags twelve years behind.
Natalia lives through something each February that most #Ukrainians first encountered four years ago, when #Russia launched its full-scale invasion of the country — the annual reaction to the anniversary of a traumatic event.
At the end of winter, #Ukrainians often notice unexplained apathy, fatigue, exhaustion, #insomnia, or a loss of appetite.
Find out more about the anniversary effect and why, for many #Ukrainians, time doesn’t move forward when February returns through the link! https://www.counteroffensive.news/p/the-anniversary-effect-ukrainians
Find out more about the anniversary effect and why, for many #Ukrainians, time doesn’t move forward when February returns through the link! https://www.counteroffensive.news/p/the-anniversary-effect-ukrainians
