Ukraine’s Second Largest City, Once a Russophile Redoubt, Has Soured on the Kremlin Since the Invasion
‘This is one of the dramas of this war,’ says a university rector. ‘A lot of people just stopped communicating with their relatives in Russia.’

KHARKIV, Ukraine — Ukraine’s second largest city, once a Russophile stronghold, has turned sharply against the Russia of President Putin, souring on the Kremlin since the February 2022 invasion.
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