On 24 February 2022, Russian armed forces launched a full-scale armed attack on Ukraine. In the two years since, the civilian population in Ukraine has endured immense suffering and harm. The UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine said it had verified 30,457 civilian casualties, though Ukraine believes the true figure is several times higher. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said that 31,000 Ukrainian soldiers have been killed in action since then.

On the two-year anniversary, neighboring Poland, which shares a 535km border with Ukraine, went to the streets to march in solidarity with...