Text: Svitlana Prokopchuk
In her article for Journal B, Svitlana Prokopchuk writes about the changing perception of the war — both within Ukrainian society and among Europeans — four years after the beginning of the full-scale invasion. The author reflects on exhaustion, social divisions, and the ways people adapt to living under constant danger.
At the center of the article is a conversation with Swiss researcher Dr. Cécile Druey Schwab, who visited Kyiv as part of a research project on the events of 2013–2014 and the beginning of the war in the Donbas. She describes the contrast between the relative outward “normality” of life in the capital and the daily reality of air-raid alarms, nightly attacks, and the exhausting logistics caused by power outages. The researcher emphasizes the deep fatigue within society, but also the absence of any willingness to make concessions at any price for the sake of peace.
The main conclusion of the article is that discussions about the war must not be reduced to geopolitics alone. Above state interests stand people — their lives and their dignity. Ukraine needs not just peace, but a just peace.
Article here: https://journal-b.ch/artikel/wir-brauchen-nicht-irgendeinen-sondern-einen-gerechten-frieden/
Photo: Manuel Castellote
