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Bomb shelters, guerrilla war: Building Ukraine’s resistance

An instructor shows how to use weapons to a group of women during training in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Sunday, Jan. 30, 2022. Some people in Ukraine's second-largest city are preparing to fight back if Russia invades. Kharkiv is just 40 kilometers (25 miles) from some of the tens of thousands of Russian troops massed at the border. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) An instructor shows how to use weapons to a group of women during training in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Sunday, Jan. 30, 2022. Some people in Ukraine's second-largest city are preparing to fight back if Russia invades. Kharkiv is just 40 kilometers (25 miles) from some of the tens of thousands of Russian troops massed at the border. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) An instructor shows how to use weapons to a group of women during training in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Sunday, Jan. 30, 2022. Some people in Ukraine's second-largest city are preparing to fight back if Russia invades. Kharkiv is just 40 kilometers (25 miles) from some of the tens of thousands of Russian troops massed at the border. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) An instructor shows how to use weapons to a group of women during training in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Sunday, Jan. 30, 2022. Some people in Ukraine's second-largest city are preparing to fight back if Russia invades. Kharkiv is just 40 kilometers (25 miles) from some of the tens of thousands of Russian troops massed at the border. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) An instructor shows how to use weapons to a group of women during training in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Sunday, Jan. 30, 2022. Some people in Ukraine's second-largest city are preparing to fight back if Russia invades. Kharkiv is just 40 kilometers (25 miles) from some of the tens of thousands of Russian troops massed at the border. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) An instructor shows how to use weapons to a group of women during training in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Sunday, Jan. 30, 2022. Some people in Ukraine's second-largest city are preparing to fight back if Russia invades. Kharkiv is just 40 kilometers (25 miles) from some of the tens of thousands of Russian troops massed at the border. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) An instructor shows how to use weapons to a group of women during training in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Sunday, Jan. 30, 2022. Some people in Ukraine's second-largest city are preparing to fight back if Russia invades. Kharkiv is just 40 kilometers (25 miles) from some of the tens of thousands of Russian troops massed at the border. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) An instructor shows how to use weapons to a group of women during training in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Sunday, Jan. 30, 2022. Some people in Ukraine's second-largest city are preparing to fight back if Russia invades. Kharkiv is just 40 kilometers (25 miles) from some of the tens of thousands of Russian troops massed at the border. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) An instructor shows how to use weapons to a group of women during training in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Sunday, Jan. 30, 2022. Some people in Ukraine's second-largest city are preparing to fight back if Russia invades. Kharkiv is just 40 kilometers (25 miles) from some of the tens of thousands of Russian troops massed at the border. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) An instructor shows how to use weapons to a group of women during training in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Sunday, Jan. 30, 2022. Some people in Ukraine's second-largest city are preparing to fight back if Russia invades. Kharkiv is just 40 kilometers (25 miles) from some of the tens of thousands of Russian troops massed at the border. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) An instructor shows how to use weapons to a group of women during training in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Sunday, Jan. 30, 2022. Some people in Ukraine's second-largest city are preparing to fight back if Russia invades. Kharkiv is just 40 kilometers (25 miles) from some of the tens of thousands of Russian troops massed at the border. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) An instructor shows how to use weapons to a group of women during training in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Sunday, Jan. 30, 2022. Some people in Ukraine's second-largest city are preparing to fight back if Russia invades. Kharkiv is just 40 kilometers (25 miles) from some of the tens of thousands of Russian troops massed at the border. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) An instructor shows how to use weapons to a group of women during training in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Sunday, Jan. 30, 2022. Some people in Ukraine's second-largest city are preparing to fight back if Russia invades. Kharkiv is just 40 kilometers (25 miles) from some of the tens of thousands of Russian troops massed at the border. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) An instructor shows how to use weapons to a group of women during training in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Sunday, Jan. 30, 2022. Some people in Ukraine's second-largest city are preparing to fight back if Russia invades. Kharkiv is just 40 kilometers (25 miles) from some of the tens of thousands of Russian troops massed at the border. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) An instructor shows how to use weapons to a group of women during training in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Sunday, Jan. 30, 2022. Some people in Ukraine's second-largest city are preparing to fight back if Russia invades. Kharkiv is just 40 kilometers (25 miles) from some of the tens of thousands of Russian troops massed at the border. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) An instructor shows how to use weapons to a group of women during training in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Sunday, Jan. 30, 2022. Some people in Ukraine's second-largest city are preparing to fight back if Russia invades. Kharkiv is just 40 kilometers (25 miles) from some of the tens of thousands of Russian troops massed at the border. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) An instructor shows how to use weapons to a group of women during training in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Sunday, Jan. 30, 2022. Some people in Ukraine's second-largest city are preparing to fight back if Russia invades. Kharkiv is just 40 kilometers (25 miles) from some of the tens of thousands of Russian troops massed at the border. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) An instructor shows how to use weapons to a group of women during training in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Sunday, Jan. 30, 2022. Some people in Ukraine's second-largest city are preparing to fight back if Russia invades. Kharkiv is just 40 kilometers (25 miles) from some of the tens of thousands of Russian troops massed at the border. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) An instructor shows how to use weapons to a group of women during training in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Sunday, Jan. 30, 2022. Some people in Ukraine's second-largest city are preparing to fight back if Russia invades. Kharkiv is just 40 kilometers (25 miles) from some of the tens of thousands of Russian troops massed at the border. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) An instructor shows how to use weapons to a group of women during training in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Sunday, Jan. 30, 2022. Some people in Ukraine's second-largest city are preparing to fight back if Russia invades. Kharkiv is just 40 kilometers (25 miles) from some of the tens of thousands of Russian troops massed at the border. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) An instructor shows how to use weapons to a group of women during training in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Sunday, Jan. 30, 2022. Some people in Ukraine's second-largest city are preparing to fight back if Russia invades. Kharkiv is just 40 kilometers (25 miles) from some of the tens of thousands of Russian troops massed at the border. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) An instructor shows how to use weapons to a group of women during training in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Sunday, Jan. 30, 2022. Some people in Ukraine's second-largest city are preparing to fight back if Russia invades. Kharkiv is just 40 kilometers (25 miles) from some of the tens of thousands of Russian troops massed at the border. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) An instructor shows how to use weapons to a group of women during training in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Sunday, Jan. 30, 2022. Some people in Ukraine's second-largest city are preparing to fight back if Russia invades. Kharkiv is just 40 kilometers (25 miles) from some of the tens of thousands of Russian troops massed at the border. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) An instructor shows how to use weapons to a group of women during training in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Sunday, Jan. 30, 2022. Some people in Ukraine's second-largest city are preparing to fight back if Russia invades. Kharkiv is just 40 kilometers (25 miles) from some of the tens of thousands of Russian troops massed at the border. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) An instructor shows how to use weapons to a group of women during training in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Sunday, Jan. 30, 2022. Some people in Ukraine's second-largest city are preparing to fight back if Russia invades. Kharkiv is just 40 kilometers (25 miles) from some of the tens of thousands of Russian troops massed at the border. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) An instructor shows how to use weapons to a group of women during training in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Sunday, Jan. 30, 2022. Some people in Ukraine's second-largest city are preparing to fight back if Russia invades. Kharkiv is just 40 kilometers (25 miles) from some of the tens of thousands of Russian troops massed at the border. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) An instructor shows how to use weapons to a group of women during training in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Sunday, Jan. 30, 2022. Some people in Ukraine's second-largest city are preparing to fight back if Russia invades. Kharkiv is just 40 kilometers (25 miles) from some of the tens of thousands of Russian troops massed at the border. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) An instructor shows how to use weapons to a group of women during training in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Sunday, Jan. 30, 2022. Some people in Ukraine's second-largest city are preparing to fight back if Russia invades. Kharkiv is just 40 kilometers (25 miles) from some of the tens of thousands of Russian troops massed at the border. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) An instructor shows how to use weapons to a group of women during training in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Sunday, Jan. 30, 2022. Some people in Ukraine's second-largest city are preparing to fight back if Russia invades. Kharkiv is just 40 kilometers (25 miles) from some of the tens of thousands of Russian troops massed at the border. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) An instructor shows how to use weapons to a group of women during training in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Sunday, Jan. 30, 2022. Some people in Ukraine's second-largest city are preparing to fight back if Russia invades. Kharkiv is just 40 kilometers (25 miles) from some of the tens of thousands of Russian troops massed at the border. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) An instructor shows how to use weapons to a group of women during training in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Sunday, Jan. 30, 2022. Some people in Ukraine's second-largest city are preparing to fight back if Russia invades. Kharkiv is just 40 kilometers (25 miles) from some of the tens of thousands of Russian troops massed at the border. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) An instructor shows how to use weapons to a group of women during training in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Sunday, Jan. 30, 2022. Some people in Ukraine's second-largest city are preparing to fight back if Russia invades. Kharkiv is just 40 kilometers (25 miles) from some of the tens of thousands of Russian troops massed at the border. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) An instructor shows how to use weapons to a group of women during training in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Sunday, Jan. 30, 2022. Some people in Ukraine's second-largest city are preparing to fight back if Russia invades. Kharkiv is just 40 kilometers (25 miles) from some of the tens of thousands of Russian troops massed at the border. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) An instructor shows how to use weapons to a group of women during training in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Sunday, Jan. 30, 2022. Some people in Ukraine's second-largest city are preparing to fight back if Russia invades. Kharkiv is just 40 kilometers (25 miles) from some of the tens of thousands of Russian troops massed at the border. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) An instructor shows how to use weapons to a group of women during training in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Sunday, Jan. 30, 2022. Some people in Ukraine's second-largest city are preparing to fight back if Russia invades. Kharkiv is just 40 kilometers (25 miles) from some of the tens of thousands of Russian troops massed at the border. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) An instructor shows how to use weapons to a group of women during training in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Sunday, Jan. 30, 2022. Some people in Ukraine's second-largest city are preparing to fight back if Russia invades. Kharkiv is just 40 kilometers (25 miles) from some of the tens of thousands of Russian troops massed at the border. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) An instructor shows how to use weapons to a group of women during training in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Sunday, Jan. 30, 2022. Some people in Ukraine's second-largest city are preparing to fight back if Russia invades. Kharkiv is just 40 kilometers (25 miles) from some of the tens of thousands of Russian troops massed at the border. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) An instructor shows how to use weapons to a group of women during training in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Sunday, Jan. 30, 2022. Some people in Ukraine's second-largest city are preparing to fight back if Russia invades. Kharkiv is just 40 kilometers (25 miles) from some of the tens of thousands of Russian troops massed at the border. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) An instructor shows how to use weapons to a group of women during training in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Sunday, Jan. 30, 2022. Some people in Ukraine's second-largest city are preparing to fight back if Russia invades. Kharkiv is just 40 kilometers (25 miles) from some of the tens of thousands of Russian troops massed at the border. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) An instructor shows how to use weapons to a group of women during training in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Sunday, Jan. 30, 2022. Some people in Ukraine's second-largest city are preparing to fight back if Russia invades. Kharkiv is just 40 kilometers (25 miles) from some of the tens of thousands of Russian troops massed at the border. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) An instructor shows how to use weapons to a group of women during training in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Sunday, Jan. 30, 2022. Some people in Ukraine's second-largest city are preparing to fight back if Russia invades. Kharkiv is just 40 kilometers (25 miles) from some of the tens of thousands of Russian troops massed at the border. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) Members of a Ukrainian far-right group train in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Saturday, Jan. 29, 2022. The situation in Kharkiv, just 40 kilometers (25 miles) from some of the tens of thousands of Russian troops massed at the border of Ukraine, feels particularly perilous. If Russia invades, some of Kharkiv's 1 million plus people say they stand ready to abandon their civilian lives and wage a guerilla campaign against one of the world's greatest military powers. They expect many Ukrainians will do the same. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) Young people dance in the night club "Moskvich" translated as a Moscow resident in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Sunday, Jan. 30, 2022. The young people dancing inside would say the same, Anton Dotsenk, 24-year-old tech worker, declared in Russian: "If the war starts, everyone will run away." The situation in Kharkiv, just 40 kilometers (25 miles) from some of the tens of thousands of Russian troops massed at the border of Ukraine, feels particularly perilous. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) A boy slides down an ice slide in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Sunday, Jan. 30, 2022. The situation in Kharkiv, just 40 kilometers (25 miles) from some of the tens of thousands of Russian troops massed at the border of Ukraine, feels particularly perilous. Some people in Ukraine's second-largest city are preparing to fight back if Russia invades. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) Iryna Bilinskaya from Luhansk region, second right, sits with her grandsons at the internally displaced person center in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The situation in Kharkiv, just 40 kilometers (25 miles) from some of the tens of thousands of Russian troops massed at the border of Ukraine, feels particularly perilous. Some people in Ukraine's second-largest city are preparing to fight back if Russia invades. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) A woman speaks on the phone as she entering the subway in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Friday, Jan. 28, 2022. The situation in Kharkiv, just 40 kilometers (25 miles) from some of the tens of thousands of Russian troops massed at the border of Ukraine, feels particularly perilous. Some people in Ukraine's second-largest city are preparing to fight back if Russia invades. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) Members of a Ukrainian far-right group train in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Saturday, Jan. 29, 2022. The situation in Kharkiv, just 40 kilometers (25 miles) from some of the tens of thousands of Russian troops massed at the border of Ukraine, feels particularly perilous. If Russia invades, some of Kharkiv's 1 million plus people say they stand ready to abandon their civilian lives and wage a guerilla campaign against one of the world's greatest military powers. They expect many Ukrainians will do the same. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) Young people dance in the night club "Moskvich", translated as a Moscow resident, in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Sunday, Jan. 30, 2022. The young people dancing inside would say the same, Anton Dotsenk, 24-year-old tech worker, declared in Russian: "If the war starts, everyone will run away." The situation in Kharkiv, just 40 kilometers (25 miles) from some of the tens of thousands of Russian troops massed at the border of Ukraine, feels particularly perilous. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) Workers repair T-64 tanks at the Tank Repair Plant in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Monday, Jan. 31, 2022. Kharkiv is just 40 kilometers (25 miles) from some of the tens of thousands of Russian troops massed at the border. It is also one of the country's industrial centers and includes two facilities that restore old Soviet-era tanks or build new ones. If Russia invades, some of the city's 1 million-plus people say they are prepared to abandon their ordinary civilian lives and wage a guerilla campaign against one of the world's greatest military powers. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) A worker clears snow near preparations to repair T-64 tanks at the Tank Repair Plant in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Monday, Jan. 31, 2022. Kharkiv is just 40 kilometers (25 miles) from some of the tens of thousands of Russian troops massed at the border. It is also one of the country's industrial centers and includes two facilities that restore old Soviet-era tanks or build new ones. If Russia invades, some of the city's 1 million-plus people say they are prepared to abandon their ordinary civilian lives and wage a guerilla campaign against one of the world's greatest military powers. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) A worker looks at a photographer as he repairs T-64 tanks at the Tank Repair Plant in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Monday, Jan. 31, 2022. Kharkiv is just 40 kilometers (25 miles) from some of the tens of thousands of Russian troops massed at the border. It is also one of the country's industrial centers and includes two facilities that restore old Soviet-era tanks or build new ones. If Russia invades, some of the city's 1 million-plus people say they are prepared to abandon their ordinary civilian lives and wage a guerilla campaign against one of the world's greatest military powers. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) Dr. Oleksandr Dikalo shows his location of his hospital on the map in a labyrinthine basement in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Friday, Jan. 28, 2022. Elsewhere in Kharkiv, Dikalo dragged two creaky exam chairs into a labyrinthine basement and refilled yellow jerrycans with fresh water. The public dental clinic he runs is on the ground floor of a 16-story apartment building, and the warren of underground rooms is listed as an emergency shelter for the hundreds of residents. (AP Photo/Mstyslav Chernov) Dr. Oleksandr Dikalo stands in the basement of his hospital in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Friday, Jan. 28, 2022. Elsewhere in Kharkiv, Dikalo dragged two creaky exam chairs into a labyrinthine basement and refilled yellow jerrycans with fresh water. The public dental clinic he runs is on the ground floor of a 16-story apartment building, and the warren of underground rooms is listed as an emergency shelter for the hundreds of residents. (AP Photo/Mstyslav Chernov) Svetlana Putilina smiles as she listens to an instructor during the training in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Sunday, Jan. 30, 2022. Putilina, whose husband is a Muslim chaplain in the Ukrainian military. With grim determination and not a hint of panic, the 50-year-old has orchestrated emergency plans for her family and for her unit: Who will take the children to safety outside the city? Who will accompany elderly parents and grandparents to one of the hundreds of mapped bomb shelters? How will the resistance women deploy? (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) A member of a Ukrainian far-right group who identified himself by the nom de guerre Pulsar, center, discusses tactics with his comrades during training in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Saturday, Jan. 29, 2022. This is what one nationalist youth group hopes to prevent. They meet weekly in an abandoned construction site, masked and clad in black as they practice maneuvers. The men who join that group or the government-run units have already shown themselves to be up for the challenge to come, said one of the trainers, who identified himself by the nom de guerre Pulsar. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) Svetlana Putilina trains to use a gun in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Sunday, Jan. 30, 2022. Putilina, whose husband is a Muslim chaplain in the Ukrainian military. With grim determination and not a hint of panic, the 50-year-old has orchestrated emergency plans for her family and for her unit: Who will take the children to safety outside the city? Who will accompany elderly parents and grandparents to one of the hundreds of mapped bomb shelters? How will the resistance women deploy? (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) A woman loads ammunition for a Kalashnikov assault rifle during training in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Sunday, Jan. 30, 2022. ome people in Ukraine's second-largest city are preparing to fight back if Russia invades. Kharkiv is just 40 kilometers (25 miles) from some of the tens of thousands of Russian troops massed at the border. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) Workers repair T-64 tanks at the Tank Repair Plant in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Monday, Jan. 31, 2022. Kharkiv is just 40 kilometers (25 miles) from some of the tens of thousands of Russian troops massed at the border. It is also one of the country's industrial centers and includes two facilities that restore old Soviet-era tanks or build new ones. If Russia invades, some of the city's 1 million-plus people say they are prepared to abandon their ordinary civilian lives and wage a guerilla campaign against one of the world's greatest military powers. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) A group of women train to use weapons in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Sunday, Jan. 30, 2022. Some people in Ukraine's second-largest city are preparing to fight back if Russia invades. Kharkiv is just 40 kilometers (25 miles) from some of the tens of thousands of Russian troops massed at the border. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) An instructor shows how to use a weapon to Viktoria Balesina during training in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Sunday, Jan. 30, 2022. Balesina, who teaches table tennis to teenagers a lifelong Russian speaker born and raised in Kharkiv, she switched to Ukrainian. Then she joined a group of a dozen or so women who meet weekly in an office building for community defense instruction. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) An instructor shows how to use weapons to a group of women during training in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Sunday, Jan. 30, 2022. Some people in Ukraine's second-largest city are preparing to fight back if Russia invades. Kharkiv is just 40 kilometers (25 miles) from some of the tens of thousands of Russian troops massed at the border. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) A man and his child walk past a Smerch rocket installed in front of regional administration as a part of a war exhibition in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Friday, Jan. 28, 2022. Some people in Ukraine's second-largest city are preparing to fight back if Russia invades. The situation in Kharkiv, just 40 kilometers (25 miles) from some of the tens of thousands of Russian troops massed at the border of Ukraine, feels particularly perilous. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) Passengers ride a bus in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Sunday, Jan. 30, 2022. The situation in Kharkiv, just 40 kilometers (25 miles) from some of the tens of thousands of Russian troops massed at the border of Ukraine, feels particularly perilous. Ukraine's second-largest city is one of its industrial centers and includes two factories that restore old Soviet-era tanks or build new ones. It's also a city of fractures: between Ukrainian speakers and those who stick with the Russian that dominated until recently; between those who enthusiastically volunteer to resist a Russian offensive and those who just want to live their lives. Which side wins out in Kharkiv could well determine the fate of Ukraine. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) A man pulls a girl on a sleigh in a street in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The situation in Kharkiv, just 40 kilometers (25 miles) from some of the tens of thousands of Russian troops massed at the border of Ukraine, feels particularly perilous. Ukraine's second-largest city is one of its industrial centers and includes two factories that restore old Soviet-era tanks or build new ones. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) An aerial view on the center of Kharkiv, Ukraine's second-largest city, Saturday, Jan. 29, 2022. The situation in Kharkiv, just 40 kilometers (25 miles) from some of the tens of thousands of Russian troops massed at the border of Ukraine, feels particularly perilous. Ukraine's second-largest city is one of its industrial centers and includes two factories that restore old Soviet-era tanks or build new ones. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)