War has a way of robbing you of your humanity, leaving you bitter and hollow.
As the leader of a country whose people face a barrage of death and misery every day, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is acutely aware of his own struggle to maintain his humanity.
“I don’t allow myself to get used to it,” he said.
“I live with the idea that I’m not ready to get used to suffering, to get used to war.”
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Firefighters work to put out a fire in an energy infrastructure facility damaged by a Russian missile strike in Zhytomyr, Ukraine on October 18, 2022. (State Emergency