In villages such as Kamianka, about which ‘no one cares’, some pink recycled windows make a big difference
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In the village of Kamianka, tucked into a valley near Izium in Ukraine’s eastern Kharkiv region, Victor and Larysa Sysenko were in triumphant mood: Victor had just managed to finish getting a roof on their house, in time for winter.
Kamianka got very unlucky last year. Soon after the launch of the full-scale invasion it was caught between the Russians as they tried to advance towards Donetsk from the north, and the Ukrainian defenders. Over the spring and summer, the village was occupied by the Russians and reduced to ruins.
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