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Ukraine marks 4 years since Russia's full-scale invasion, AP explains

(24 Feb 2026) RESTRICTION SUMMARY: ASSOCIATED PRESS Kyiv , Ukraine - 24 February 2026 1. Wide of Independence square in Kyiv covered by snow 2. Close up of Independence monument 3. Various of people walking on Kyiv's Main Street 4. Close up of Ukrainian flag 5. SOUNDBITE (English) Samya Kullab., The Associated Press: "Today marks four years since Russia's invasion of Ukraine, and in that time we have seen initial Ukrainian battlefield victories turn into a long, gruelling war of attrition. Many expect this year to be a turning point. Negotiations brokered by the United States are said to be making progress in some areas, but the issue of territorial concessions, that is, what will happen to the Donbas, what will happen to the nuclear power plant in Zaporizhzhia, those remain to be sticking points. In the meantime, Russia is making slow and steady gains across the Ukrainian front line at a tremendous cost. Some put losses at 1,000 men a day. This war has also seen a complete revolution in terms of modern warfare with drone-dominated battlefields that make it extremely deadly to even rotate troops in and out of position. In the mean time, Ukraine and Russia are both striking targets deep inside territory beyond the front line. Russia recently ramped up attacks on Ukraine's energy infrastructure this year, plunging much of the country into darkness at the height of winter. These continue as Ukrainians say they are ready for peace. However, they would like that peace to be just." 6. Memorial to fallen Ukrainian soldier in Independence Square 7. Wide of memorial 8. People looking at the memorial of fallen soldiers 9. Close up of candles at the memorial 10. Wide of memorial 11. Close up of globe with dove and Independence monument STORYLINE: Ukrainians on Tuesday were observing the fourth anniversary of Russia’s all-out invasion of their country — a grim marker in a war that has killed tens of thousands of people and put European leaders on edge about the scale of Moscow’s ambitions on the continent. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said his country has withstood the onslaught by Russia’s bigger and better equipped army, which over the past year of fighting captured just 0.79% of Ukraine’s territory, according to the Institute for the Study of War, a Washington-based think tank. However, as the corrosive war of attrition enters its fifth year, a U.S.-led diplomatic push to end Europe’s biggest armed conflict since World War II appears no closer to finding compromises that might make a peace deal possible. Negotiations are stuck on what happens to the Donbas, eastern Ukraine’s industrial heartland which Russian forces mostly occupy but have failed to seize completely, and the terms of a postwar security arrangement that Kyiv is demanding to deter any future Russian invasion. The number of soldiers killed, injured or missing on both sides could reach 2 million by spring, with Russia sustaining the largest number of troop deaths for any major power in any conflict since World War II, a report last month from the Center for Strategic and International Studies estimated. European leaders see their countries’ own security at stake in Ukraine amid concerns about Putin’s wider goals and has demanded its leaders be consulted in the ongoing U.S.-brokered talks. The war has drawn in countries far beyond Ukraine, giving the conflict a global dimension, and threatened to worsen shortages, hunger and political instability in developing countries. That is nearly three times the estimated nominal GDP of Ukraine for last year, they said in a report Monday. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...