Living with conflict in a Ukrainian border village
09 February 2022 |
11:09 am
People in Hranitne, the last village on Ukrainian controlled territory before the pro-Russian Donetsk region, is close to the frontline. It has come under fire in the past — people here have been living with war for eight years.
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