A small town called Dvorichna and the villages around it in Kharkiv Oblast, only 19 miles from the Russian border. Dvorichna was at the border with the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic since its foundation in 1918. There was no physical border with neighbouring Russian villages and towns, and neither was there a linguistic or cultural one. These people have chosen their identity – Russian. They have also chosen their identity – Ukrainian.

Source: The Guardian April 18, 2023 22:12 UTC