Fighting for the future

Kharkiv, Ukraine, once a thriving city, decimated by russia's war

Kharkiv, a city of almost 1.5 million people, was one of russia prime targets as russian forces made their way to the capital of Kyiv to seize the country he covets. Half the population fled, but the Ukrainians repulsed the Russian attack and have been pushing their invaders further away. Wearing camouflage, Kharkiv mayor Ihor Terekhov told Geneva journalists earlier in May, “about 25 per cent of the housing stock of the city of Kharkiv is destroyed.