As the war enters a fifth year, the Ukrainian military continues to resist being overrun by Russian forces.
But military losses are mounting on both sides and Ukraine’s population faces near-daily aerial attacks.
On Tuesday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said "Ukraine never chose this war", adding: "We have defended our independence, we have not lost our statehood."
The Kremlin, which believed it could capture Kyiv within days, acknowledged its war aims "haven’t been fully achieved yet" and said it intended to continue attacking Ukraine.
The BBC’s International Editor Jeremy Bowen has been in Donetsk to assess the state of the battlefield and the human cost of the conflict.
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