Ukraine – In Kharkiv, a “candlelight” dinner to dream of the post-war period

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In this martyr city in eastern Ukraine, Youri and Tania, a couple in love with France, try to live normally. Despite the bombs. Encounter.

From our special correspondent in Ukraine, Romain Gubert

VSn evening, like so many others for a year, there is no more electricity. Kharkiv, 1.5 million inhabitants, the second Ukrainian city, located 40 kilometers from Russia, is plunged into darkness. It has taken on the appearance of a ghost town where only a few cars dare to venture past 8 p.m. (the curfew is at 11 p.m.).

A little earlier in the afternoon, the Russians once again bombarded the power plant, which had been repaired a few days earlier. Like every Saturday afternoon, Youri practiced archery, his passion. He felt the walls of the gymnasium shake. Coming out and seeing the flames, he was not afraid. It’s been ten months since he left town, he’s gotten used to the sirens that sound several times a day and the bombs that have the…

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