Once Sleepy and Picturesque, Ukrainian Villages Mobilize for War

 

 

 

"Most of the attention in the first days of the war has focused on Ukraine’s large cities, which are the main targets of Russian troop movements and the scene of pitched street battles and deafening artillery attacks. But out in the countryside, a massive grass-roots movement is underway in villages like Khomutyntsi as ordinary Ukrainians – farmers, shop owners, day laborers, taxi drivers – take up arms to join a battle that has abruptly upended their lives."

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