It feels like an eternity since the war in Ukraine started, but it hasn’t even been a year; In February, just ten months ago, Russian tanks rolled across the border. But what was once headline news has now receded into the background for most of us, a conflict that is now simmering three scrolls down the front page of a news website for the rest of the world.
However, for the tens of millions of people still directly affected by the war, little has changed! Ukrainians are still under siege, their lands are still being occupied, their armed forces are still fighting against a nation that has always been considered a superpower.
And while Ukraine has gained the upper hand on the front lines in recent months, Putin’s growing desperation has prompted a shift in tactics as well. With quick battlefield wins now a thing of the past, Russia has begun targeting Ukrainian cities with drones and missiles, hoping not just to shut down the nation’s fragile power grid (World leaders pledged nearly $500 million just this week to help keep the lights on), but also inflict terror on the civilian population.
Amidst all this, Ukrainians are still trying to live their lives. Among them Frogwares, the developers best known for their work on the Sherlock Holmes series of games. We have previously written about their situation, first for a wondrous Switch release given the circumstancesthen for some much-needed help with “relocating employees to safer areas”.
Today, the team shared a series of images and stories on Twitter that show what the December 2022 war looks like for those who don’t have the luxury of ignoring it on the news. I’m sharing them below, but if you’d rather see them as the HellSite intended, you can find the thread here.
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