Along The Front Lines In Ukraine

Soldiers at a front-line position, Granite, outside the Ukrainian-controlled town of Shchastya. (Photo: Nolan Peterson/The Daily Signal)

Nolan Peterson, Daily Signal: ‘War Is My Life': A Journey Along the Front Lines in Ukraine

SHCHASTYA, Ukraine—The late winter weather in Ukraine alternates among frigid, cool, snow, and rain—teasing the arrival of spring.

The 2-year-old war, which has ravaged eastern Ukraine, killing more than 10,000 and displacing more than 1 million, is as fickle as the weather—teasing the possibility of peace without ever achieving it.

Both sides of the conflict renewed their commitment to the cease-fire in September, reducing the scale and intensity of the Ukraine war to a shadow of what it was during the fall of 2014 and the first few months of 2015.

But the war is not over.

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WNU Editor: Even the writer of this post noticed that these Ukrainian soldiers are not exactly receiving an enthusiastic welcome from the locals who are mostly Russian-Ukrainians .... and that sums up how divided Ukraine has become. This is a conflict that sorely needs a political solution .... and it could only be achieved if both sides .... Ukrainians and Russian-Ukrainians find some common ground. Unfortunately .... after almost two years of war .... I do not see anyone willing to compromise right now.