The road ahead: Assessing progress and challenges on the invasion's second anniversary
Currently, Ukraine is in the worst condition in the two years since Russia's full-scale invasion, entrepreneur and public figure Valerii Pekar argues

Valerii Pekar
Lecturer, Kyiv-Mohyla Business School
Society is tired and divided, exhausted by strife and despair. The inflated expectations of 2023 turned out to be a disappointment, even for those who were not enchanted in the first place. That degree of unity and effort that was there in the early days is over.
The army is exhausted by battles, lack of rotation and understaffing, shortage of weapons and ammunition, weak statements and lack of understanding of what will happen next with the command system. There will never be such a wave of volunteers as at the beginning.
Business is being cheated once again when recent promises to end the pressure have been followed by bills that only make it worse. The share of entrepreneurs who are ready to simply shut down has reached a record high.
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