Ukraine’s northeastern city of Kupiansk has been bombed daily since the end of January, when Russian forces started a new offensive to conquer the industrial Donbas region. Kupiansk, in the Kharkiv region, is key to Russia's desire to control the whole east of Ukraine. Now, an estimated 16,000 people are struggling to keep living in this city with some yearning to leave.
In Photos: Russia Sets Eyes on Ukraine's Railway Hub Kupiansk
- By Yan Boechat
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An elderly woman receives food in a humanitarian kitchen in Kupiansk, Feb. 17, 2023. For many here, the kitchen is the only source of food.
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One of the many destroyed houses in downtown Kupiansk. The strategic railway hub is being bombed by Russian troops daily, Feb. 16, 2023.
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An old Soviet Lada passes by one of the many bridges that were destroyed in Kupiansk in the last months, Feb. 17, 2023.
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A fisherman ignores the sound of the explosions from what seems artillery fire and instead tries to catch a fish at this frozen river in Kupiansk, Feb. 17, 2023.