PeriscopeNEWS, OPINION + ANALYSISWORLD ONE YEAR SINCE THE START OF RUSSIA’S FULL-scale invasion, roughly half of Ukraine’s pre-war population of 40 million people has been driven from their homes, creating the largest refugee crisis of the 21st century. The big, unanswerable question: When, if ever, will they be able to return home again? As the conflict continues to displace additional Ukrainians every day, the resulting uncertainly has the potential to reshape a continent scarred by its deadliest war in decades.
The experience of Yura Skobolev, a displaced father of five from Ukraine’s southern Kherson region, reflects the dilemma that families face. Skobolev, his wife and children endured eight months of occupation after the war began but were finally, and ironically, forced to flee after Ukrainian forces took back the territory,…
