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Kharkiv: what I saw in Ukraine’s ‘unbreakable’ eastern capital

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par Frank Ledwidge, Senior Lecturer in Military Strategy and Law, University of Portsmouth

Last week I visited Ukraine to update my knowledge of the military situation there. I was privileged to be invited to visit Kharkiv by a friend – and spent several days there seeing the sights, while avoiding the more dangerous parts of the city where drone and missile attacks are relatively common.

There aren’t many trains to Kharkiv, and if you’re late in booking, then it’s an eight-hour bus ride from the capital Kyiv. Buses in Ukraine, like anywhere else, have their advantages. For a start, there is the opportunity to see some of the small and often very poor communities on the…

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