LEGACIES OF WAR

Just a few hundred metres from the Derzhprom building I visited Kharkiv’s military rehab hospital.

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The most modern part of the facility was its facade. Inside it was, well, Soviet era. Dark and drab and cracked and peeled. There was no natural light; a staleness that exuded from every wall. For soldiers serving their country it conveyed a perfunctory tale of simultaneous acceptance and hopelessness.

These are the faces of those who will bear the physical and or emotional scars of this war.

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They are all so young, yet seem older. In my opinion their eyes betray a deep thought and nuance that only what they have experienced allows for.