Ukraine: The Fifth Year of War and Resistance [08.08,2026]
I am writing these lines at night, immediately following a Russian missile attack on Kyiv, on the 1,626th day since the start of Russian imperialism’s full-scale aggression against Ukraine. By Oleg Vernyk, President of the Independent Ukrainian Trade Union “Zakhist Pratsi” – Ukrainian Socialist League (LSU). These lines are being written at night, immediately following a Russian missile attack on Kyiv, on the 1,626th day since the start of Russian imperialism’s full-scale aggression against Ukraine. It is astonishing that, after 1,626 days, a Ukraine of 25 million people continues to heroically resist a power of 140 million people, equipped with nuclear weapons and “the world’s second-largest army.” The spirit of Ukrainian resistance has not been broken. No matter how barbaric the missile attacks Russia has recently unleashed on Kyiv and Ukraine’s major cities may have been, the spirit of popular resistance from below has not been broken. The working class firmly and steadfastly...