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A saying in Ukraine goes like this: There are two ways out of the army -- death or injury. trts.io/7sQmJ

Хабарі і «дика мобілізація»: чи зможе Україна після корупційних скандалів змінити систему військкоматів radiosvoboda.org/a/ukrayina-viy…

"We all hope Zaluzhniy has a joker in his hand," a commander on Ukraine's southern front told RFE/RL. "And what if the war drags on? I hope we get though it alive." trts.io/EUKrM

"All of the fighting is happening in real-time," one battalion commander said, as he put his finger on a Russian position on the map. "I will eliminate them tomorrow." Olek Palikot spoke to Ukrainian marine infantry that has made successful advances. buff.ly/3ZpA3ND

Their paths crossed at a volunteer center a short drive from the Russian border: Bohdan and Natalya. A few hours earlier, they had all been on the other side. rferl.org/a/ukrainians-e…

"I've been thinking a lot about this war," a Ukrainian farmer said as his wife Halyna, a Russian-born woman he met back in his student times in Moscow, served him borscht. "But I don't understand it." By Olek Palikot rferl.org/a/ukraine-sumy…

"It feels like we are on the verge of the world war between democracy and authoritarianism, but the West does all it can to limit it to the boundaries of Ukraine," a Ukrainian human rights activist said. buff.ly/470fJ8r

"If they're up for political scandals in Kyiv while we hold the front here, we’re all doomed," a soldier fighting near the devastated Donbas town of Vulhedar told RFE/RL. rferl.org/a/ukraine-war-…

Justifying the dismissal of the commander of Ukraine's medical forces, Zelenskiy explained that society and the combat-medics community demand a "fundamentally new level of medical supply for our soldiers." rferl.org/a/ukraine-comb…

Instead of pushing Russian forces back to the border, Ukrainian soldiers are facing the harsh reality of positional warfare -- "a bloody disease we have learned to live with,” said Volodymyr, a surgeon at a triage unit near Avdiyivka. rferl.org/a/ukraine-war-…

“Everybody may be tired after all these months of war -- but just like in sport, being tired doesn’t mean you are about to give up,” Mykhaylo Hluhovsky, 41, told RFE/RL as he got ready for a “drone-pong” match. “It’s always better to do something rather than nothing.”

"After seeing all this tragedy you cannot just go back to your previous life," one Polish volunteer said. "Ukraine is addictive." buff.ly/47t4IMA

"If you think that after all this we are looking forward to a cease-fire, you are dead wrong: We will fight for every inch of the ground we took back," a battalion commander told RFE/RL. buff.ly/42j3sdM

"[It] will not strengthen the mobilization of new [soldiers] but may well weaken the motivation of those who have been defending the country for years," an opposition lawmaker said of the bill. rferl.org/a/ukraine-mobi…

"The optimistic scenario for this spring and summer is halting the Russian offensive," Ukrainian military expert Oleksandr Musiyenko told RFE/RL. rferl.org/a/ukraine-chas…

Yaryna Chornohuz, a marine infantrywoman and poet, keeps two boxes from combat drones full of books at frontline positions. rferl.org/a/ukraine-book…

“The case of MH17 is proof that unpunished evil returns in many times greater magnitudes,” Roman Lyubiy, the creator of a documentary film about the tragedy, told RFE/RL. rferl.org/a/mh17-plane-d…

“Burn all the weakness in my heart with the life-giving fire. May I know no fear or hesitation,” they intoned -- part of an oath written in 1936 by nationalist leader Osyp Mashchak. rferl.org/a/ukraine-chil…

"It is a time of black humor,” one comedian from Ukraine’s famed Kvartal 95 comedy troupe said. rferl.org/a/ukraine-zele…