Kharkiv, Ukraine, Oct 28, 2024 (AFP) - 'Wiped off the face of the Earth': How Russia erased a Ukrainian city

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2024-10-28

"It barely exists anymore," said the mayor of Vovchansk, an industrial town razed by a Russian onslaught shocking even for the killing fields of eastern Ukraine. Vovchansk has no great history but its geography could not be more tragic. Just five kilometres (three miles) from the Russian border, drone footage from the Ukrainian military this summer shows a lunar landscape of ruins stretching for miles. And it has got worse since. "Ninety percent......

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