Imagining post-war futures amid cycles of destruction and efforts of reconstruction

This commentary brings forward Ukrainian voices to this journal's conversation on the invasion of Ukraine and the dilemmas it poses to scholars in geography. We argue that there needs to be space in this discussion for the viewpoints of Ukrainians themselves who are on the ground, confronting the atrocities every day, and who can provide experiential knowledge about (i) the immediate cycles of destruction and efforts of reconstruction; (ii) the systemic impediments to reconstruction; and (iii) the diverse sets of post-war imagined futures. These signpost to scholars the sheer scope of the conflict and the multitude of research avenues to explore in order to understand the realities of the war more deeply. They thus provide information and inspiration to geographers wondering about how to orient and where to respond.