Millions of Ukrainians are currently suffering through “absolutely impossible” winter conditions with near-daily Russian attacks on the war-torn country’s energy infrastructure, as they near the four-year anniversary of the beginning of the full-scale invasion.

Suffering civilians both near and far from the front lines desperately hope for a breakthrough in the United States’ diplomatic efforts for an end to a war of aggression that Russian President Vladimir Putin could have chosen to end every single day since he ordered its commencement on February 24, 2022.