Ukrainian artist is raising money for soldiers and his local battalion. He's also plastering the city with art that does bring an air to this place of it not being forgotten. "I am a small part of very important historical process in this country," he says.
A policy of ambiguity is swiftly shifting; the country is falling into a Sino-Russian orbit at just the time it needs the most help from Western allies. How learning to debate can improve the lives of those inside and released from New York City’s biggest prison. And meeting a street artist who decorates the wreckage of Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second city.
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