Russia's War Against Ukraine
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Eugene Bondarenko: How Kharkiv beat the separatists
When we first visited the Eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv a month ago it was a hair’s breadth away from falling under separatist control. Our friends in the city were preparing an evacuation plan in case of a Russian invasion, while armed mobs of separatists were roaming the streets armed with bats, knives, axes, and even guns, ready to attack any pro-Ukrainian activist they spotted.