Decisions are made in an Oval office. The effects ripple out in a global tsunami like a post-atomic explosion. Over a period of 415 days the outcomes are shared in a story by the numbers. The stories are summed up in the life of one mother named, Rovina.
Francis Farrell is a reporter at the Kyiv Independent, on the front lines. He offers insight into what it's like to be on the ground with Ukrainian troops.