Europe | City of love and war

How a front-line city became Ukraine’s romantic capital 

Just 30km from the fierce fighting in Bakhmut, Kramatorsk is adapting to wartime 

KRAMATORSK, DONETSK, UKRAINE - 2023/04/09: A soldier of the Ukrainian Armed Forces embraces his beloved after a long time at a train station in Kramatorsk. The railway station in Kramatorsk has already become a regular meeting place for Ukrainian soldiers and their loved ones. Despite the continuous shelling in the east of Ukraine and beyond, soldiers often find a few days, or even hours, to see their families and/or friends, meeting at the train station in Kramatorsk. (Photo by Mykhaylo Palinchak/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)
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