In war-torn Ukraine, a woman searches for her husband. Will she find him?
LA TimesSometimes, 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, a sturdy build, and a face that can sometimes look much younger, or much older. But then they heard one of the Russian soldiers say, “She’ll pay us for this.” At the time, the witnesses took the Russians’ comment to mean they would try to extort money from the man’s widow. People like Olena, Bomberger said, “have a right to justice, to truth, to knowing.” Olena now has a companion in her quest: a Ukrainian civilian-military liaison officer assigned to the region.
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