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Diary

In Lviv, the mood is inspiring – and fanatical

5 March 2022

9:00 AM

5 March 2022

9:00 AM

  Lviv, Ukraine

On the Ukrainian side of the Polish border, near a place called Shehyni where the refugee crisis is brewing, an old black man approaches us. ‘Am I in Moldova?’ he asks gently in French, pointing to the fence. ‘No,’ I tell him. ‘That’s Poland.’ Moldova is 250 miles away.

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