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My colleague Charlotte Higgins in Kharkiv has this report on the Kharkiv opera house and how its company of performers continues to perform, often for troops and volunteers, in war-torn city on the Ukraine frontline.
On 1 March last year, during a ferocious bombing campaign against the city, Russia hit Kharkiv’s main Svobody (Freedom) Square, severely damaging the city hall. Buildings for blocks around were affected – including the opera house. As the bombings continued over the following days and weeks, it had many of its windows blown out, was mauled by shrapnel, and hit by debris from intercepted missiles.
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