COLUMBUS, Ohio — One year. 365 days. That’s how long it’s been since we last talked to Igor Vershynin.
“It was tough,” Vershynin said, talking to 10TV News Reporter, Bryant Somerville, about the conditions of the last year. “But, we know if you’re in the frontlines it’s more tougher for you, so we are just trying to be strong.”
One year later, Vershynin still lives in Kyiv, which is Ukraine’s capital and the heart of Russia’s invasion efforts in 2022.
“It’s more like a day-to-day thing,” he said.
In the last 12 months, Vershynin says the situation in Kyiv and other majors cities, while the fighting continues, has gotten better thanks to the armed forces on the frontlines.
He says now, with Russian attacks seemingly focused on power infrastructure, Ukrainians are trying to stock up on batteries and power generators.
“In reality, it’s not normal to live in this situation,” he said. “But, OK, yeah, we are humans. We can adapt, but the situation on the frontlines…it’s much worse.”
Vershynin says a portion of the fight has now shifted to informational warfare creating uncertainty and psychological stress.
Just this week, President Joe Biden was in Poland and renewed the pledge that the United States and its allies would continue to have Ukraine’s back as the war enters its second year.
“We have hope that it’s just temporary,” he said.
Vershynin says he wants to thank everyone who has shown support for Ukraine in the past year.
“I want to thank everyone that, who even in a small way…trying to support Ukraine and Ukrainian soldiers or Ukrainian people.”