East Ukraine City Faces Separatist Split
Russian-speaking but Ukrainian, only 40 kilometers (25 miles) from the border with Russia yet 500 kilometers from Kiev, Kharkiv is suffering an acute identity crisis.
As Ukraine plunged into political crisis, residents of the eastern city of Kharkiv began making a weekly pilgrimage to one of two iconic statues. At the feet of Ukrainian national hero and poet Taras Shevchenko one group waves the country’s blue and…
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