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‘Time stopped’: Ukrainians long to go home as war drags on

Taisiia Mokrozub, left, her son Hordii, second left, Taisiia's mother Svitlana Syzovab, second right, and niece Victoria, right, take part in an interview with The Associated Press in a flat in Pruszkow, Poland, Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2022. As Russia’s war against Ukraine reaches the sixth-month mark, many refugees are coming to the bitter realization that they will not be returning home soon. With shelling around a nuclear power plant and missiles threatening even western regions of Ukraine, many refugees don’t feel safe at home, even if those areas are under Ukrainian control. (AP Photo/Michal Dyjuk) A man waters the grass in the neighborhood, where Taisiia Mokrozub rents a flat in Pruszków, Poland, Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Michal Dyjuk) Ukrainian women enter a refugee shelter in Warsaw, Poland, Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2022. The global technology company Siemens has converted some of its offices in Warsaw into a refugee shelter for over 150 people who have fled the war in Ukraine. (AP Photo/Michal Dyjuk) Marina Galla, a refugee from Ukraine, sits in front of the Schwerin castle prior to an interview with the Associated Press in Schwerin, Germany, Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn) Marina Galla, a refugee from Ukraine, holds a piece of paper with the contact details of her relatives during an interview with the Associated Press in Schwerin, Germany, Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn) Marina Galla, a refugee from Ukraine, sits in front of the Schwerin castle during an interview with the Associated Press in Schwerin, Germany, Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2022. As Russia’s war against Ukraine reaches the sixth-month mark, many refugees are coming to the bitter realization that they will not be returning home soon. With shelling around a nuclear power plant and missiles threatening even western regions of Ukraine, many refugees don’t feel safe at home, even if those areas are under Ukrainian control. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn) Marina Galla, a refugee from Ukraine, holds a small diary during an interview with the Associated Press in Schwerin, Germany, Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn) Marina Galla, a refugee from Ukraine, sits in front of the Schwerin castle during an interview with the Associated Press in Schwerin, Germany, Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn) Ludmila Fedotova, a Ukrainian refugee from Zaporizhzhia, wipes her tears during an interview with The Associated Press in Warsaw, Poland, Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Michal Dyjuk) Tetiana Bilous, a Ukrainian refugee from Vinnytsia, right, gives birthday flowers to a colleague in the back room of a coffee shop where she works in the kitchen in Warsaw, Poland, Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Michal Dyjuk) Tetiana Bilous, a Ukrainian refugee from Vinnytsia, poses for a picture in a cafe where she works in the kitchen in Warsaw, Poland, Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2022. As Russia’s war against Ukraine reaches the sixth-month mark, many refugees are coming to the bitter realization that they will not be returning home soon. With shelling around a nuclear power plant and missiles threatening even western regions of Ukraine, many refugees don’t feel safe at home, even if those areas are under Ukrainian control. (AP Photo/Michal Dyjuk) Ukrainian refugee children play on a playground at a refugee shelter in Warsaw, Poland, Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2022. As Russia’s war against Ukraine reaches the sixth-month mark, many refugees are coming to the bitter realization that they will not be returning home soon. With shelling around a nuclear power plant and missiles threatening even western regions of Ukraine, many refugees don’t feel safe at home, even if those areas are under Ukrainian control. (AP Photo/Michal Dyjuk) Svitlana Syzovab, a Ukrainian refugee, takes care of her grandson Hordii in a flat in Pruszkow, Poland, Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Michal Dyjuk) Galina Inyutina, a Ukrainian refugee from Dnipro, gestures during an interview with The Associated Press in Warsaw, Poland, Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Michal Dyjuk) A young Ukrainian refugee child plays a board game at a refugee shelter in Warsaw, Poland, Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2022. As Russia’s war against Ukraine reaches the sixth-month mark, many refugees are coming to the bitter realization that they will not be returning home soon. With shelling around a nuclear power plant and missiles threatening even western regions of Ukraine, many refugees don’t feel safe at home, even if those areas are under Ukrainian control. (AP Photo/Michal Dyjuk) Taisiia Mokrozub, a Ukrainian refugee from Zaporizhzhia, holds her son Hordii during an interview with The Associated Press in a flat in Pruszkow, Poland, Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Michal Dyjuk) Valentyna, a Ukrainian refugee from the Lviv area, works on a self-portrait in a room at a refugee shelter in Warsaw, Poland, Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2022. As Russia’s war against Ukraine reaches the sixth-month mark, many refugees are coming to the bitter realization that they will not be returning home soon. With shelling around a nuclear power plant and missiles threatening even western regions of Ukraine, many refugees don’t feel safe at home, even if those areas are under Ukrainian control. (AP Photo/Michal Dyjuk) Elena Chepel, a Ukrainian refugee from Kharkiv, poses for a picture at a refugee shelter in Warsaw, Poland, Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2022. As Russia’s war against Ukraine reaches the sixth-month mark, many refugees are coming to the bitter realization that they will not be returning home soon. With shelling around a nuclear power plant and missiles threatening even western regions of Ukraine, many refugees don’t feel safe at home, even if those areas are under Ukrainian control. (AP Photo/Michal Dyjuk)