To bastardize Faulkner, in Ukraine’s capital, the past isn’t past: it is a soldier in the battles of the present and the future. A brand-new exhibit in Kyiv’s World War II museum, housed in the base of the towering Mother Ukraine statue,

Moscow’s troops have retaken a few villages in a border area that Kyiv’s forces invaded last month and are also advancing steadily in eastern Ukraine.

A Russian counter-offensive to recover parts of Kursk lost to Ukrainian forces following a surprise, cross-border attack is underway but is yet to gain momentum.