Svitlana Bilous, from Kharkiv, is among the families of missing Ukrainian soldiers who have travelled to Switzerland for the summit. She holds on to hope that her husband is still alive, but she has not had any information about him since April last year.
Families of Ukrainian soldiers who have disappeared on the battlefield have travelled half way across Europe to witness an international peace summit aimed at ending the war. World leaders including Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskyy and France's Emmanuel Macron are among those representing the 90 or so states participating in the event in Switzerland this weekend.
During the day's events, they will wave banners and shout slogans to try and raise awareness of the troops who have yet to come home. Ms Bilous, 34, hails from Kharkiv in north-east Ukraine. She holds on to hope that her husband is still alive, but she has not had any information about him since he went missing in April last year. Ukrainian officials said in February about 8,000 people - civilians and soldiers - are in Russian hands.
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