Russian attack kills 11 in Kharkiv
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Olga Garbuz tells Anjana Sankar in Dubai how she fled Kharkiv in eastern Ukraine four years ago with her daughter, only to find war following her to the Gulf
Dispatches from Ukraine. Day 1,473.
Kharkiv's residents have lived in close proximity to the war for the past four years. The city was bombed heavily by Russian forces at the start of the full-scale invasion and remains a daily target for Russian drone and missile strikes. Some 13,000 of the city's buildings have been damaged or destroyed.
The city of Kharkiv and its Jewish community are well known throughout Ukraine and around the world for their resilience and strength — not only surviving four years of war and life on the frontlines,