![Volunteers with Repair Together, a charity organization, clear the rubble and collect useable bricks at a destroyed house in Shestovitsa, Ukraine, July 8, 2023. (© Genya Savilo/AFP/Getty Images) People handing bricks to each other at construction site (© Genya Savilo/AFP/Getty Images)](https://share.america.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/ukraine_construction_rebuilding_GettyImages-1515207887-700x441.jpg)
As Russia’s unprovoked, full-scale invasion enters its third year, Ukrainians are confronting the war’s devastation with resilience and strength.
Across the country, schools are open, fields are tilled and communities are rebuilding.
Ukrainians are determined in the face of Russia’s aggression.
However, carrying on under daily bombardment has come at a tremendous cost to Ukrainians.
![Woman and children in traditional Ukrainian dress holding hands as they walk up stairs (© Andrii Marienko/AP) Woman and children in traditional Ukrainian dress holding hands as they walk up stairs (© Andrii Marienko/AP)](https://share.america.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/ukraine_school_AP24020375229924.jpg)
Although Russia has damaged or destroyed more than 3,790 schools, children are still learning. In Kharkiv, schools relocated underground for safety.
![Children in traditional Ukrainian dress playing with toys (© Anadolu/Getty Images) Children in traditional Ukrainian dress playing with toys (© Anadolu/Getty Images)](https://share.america.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/ukraine_rebuilding_school_GettyImages-1941367447.jpg)
Students continue their education in classrooms set up in metro stations and other bomb shelters.
![Women cutting fabric around large table (© Francisco Seco/AP) Women cutting fabric around large table (© Francisco Seco/AP)](https://share.america.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/ukraine_rebuilding_body_armor_AP22127406614929ab-copy.jpg)
Russia’s war has pushed more than 7.1 million Ukrainians into poverty. But people adapt. In Zaporizhzhia, fashion designers turn their talents to making body armor for soldiers.
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Russian mines and explosives have ruined millions of hectares of farmland. Now, as Ukrainians reclaim land from mines and bombs, farmers in Dnipropetrovsk region collect harvests … carefully.
![Woman working on cement block building (© UNDP Ukraine) Woman working on cement block building (© UNDP Ukraine)](https://share.america.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/ukraine_rebuilding_53024282687_0e11651515_o.jpg)
Russia’s indiscriminate attacks on civilians have destroyed nearly 1.5 million homes. Across the country, Ukrainians are coming together to rebuild.
![Bride and groom walking past destroyed military vehicles (© Gleb Garanich/Reuters) Bride and groom walking past destroyed military vehicles (© Gleb Garanich/Reuters)](https://share.america.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/ukraine_RTSMS7QR-1.jpg)
People still get married.
![Person in medical gear holding newborn in hospital room (© Evgeniy Maloletka/AP) Person in medical gear holding newborn in hospital room (© Evgeniy Maloletka/AP)](https://share.america.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/ukraine_hospital_baby_AP22071476264870.jpg)
And even when bombs force maternity wards into basements, Ukrainians look to the future.