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In Besieged Kharkiv, A Ukrainian Law Student Packs A Kalashnikov

KHARKIV, UKRAINE - MARCH 14: Residential building in the city center bombed around 11 a.m. by the Russian armed forces in Kharkov, Ukraine on March 14, 2022. (Photo by Andrea Carrubba/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

March 17, 2022 12:15 p.m.

It took a few days, but I managed to speak this morning with a member of Kharkiv’s territorial defense – the impromptu civil defense units organized by the Ukrainian government.

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