For eastern Ukrainians, the ordeal of war is entering its second decade

Yevhen Tkachov, 54 year-old, volunteer and local citizen, walks in front of an invincibility point, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in the town of Chasiv Yar, Donetsk region, Ukraine November 8, 2023. REUTERS/Alina Smutko

CHASIV YAR, Ukraine (Reuters) - Yevhen Tkachov, a volunteer aid worker and devout Pentecostal from Ukraine's eastern Donbas region, spent much of his life travelling to the world's war zones helping civilians in need.

Nearly 10 years ago, his own homeland erupted into conflict, and the war never went away.