In war-weary Kyiv, wounded Ukrainian veterans turn epic poetry into living testimony
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Ukrainian war veterans, many of whom sustained severe injuries in combat during Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, perform during a premiere on Thursday, Feb. 19, 2026, in Kyiv, Ukraine. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)Director Olha Semioshkina supports Yehor Babenko a war veteran who sustained severe injuries in combat during Russia's full-scale invasion in Ukraine, before the premiere of an adaptation of Ivan Kotliarevskyis Eneida, a Ukrainian reimagining of Virgils Aeneid, in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, Feb. 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)Artem Moroz, who sustained severe injuries in combat during Russia's full-scale invasion in Ukraine, performs during the play premiere in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, Feb. 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)Andrii Onopriienko, who lost his eyesight in combat during Russia's full-scale invasion in Ukraine, performs during the premiere of an adaptation of Ivan Kotliarevskyis Eneida, a Ukrainian reimagining of Virgils Aeneid, in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, Feb. 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)Viewers react to the premiere of an adaptation of Ivan Kotliarevskyis Eneida, a Ukrainian reimagining of Virgils Aeneid, performed by war veterans, many of whom sustained severe injuries in combat during Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, Feb. 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
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Ukrainian war veterans, many of whom sustained severe injuries in combat during Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, perform during a premiere on Thursday, Feb. 19, 2026, in Kyiv, Ukraine. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)