Sometimes, he visits her in dreams. As Europe’s largest land war since World War II enters its third year on Saturday, Ukraine is full of wounded souls like Olena Kovalyk, caught in the quest for some trace of a lost loved one. “I know,” she said, “that eventually, he’ll tell me where he is.” At 49, Olena has black hair, …
KYIV, Ukraine — Iryna Reva stares at her phone, replaying the last video her 25-year-old son Vladyslav sent her from the front line before the volunteer soldier disappeared 19 months ago in a battle with Russian forces in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region. “I understand perfectly well that if I were there, he would have come to me, and maybe something …
