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Assed Baig

Witnessing war crimes in Kharkiv

Children play in the basement of a residential building in Kharkiv on March 29, 2022, as they hide from shelling by Russian troops [File: Sergey Bobok/AFP]

Editor’s note: This personal essay includes graphic information about the war dead which some may find disturbing. 

In Kharkiv, we used to close the curtains and turn off the lights so we would not become a target. This was our daily evening routine.

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