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The Pragmatist Attitude in Ukraine
I remember being struck by how hell bent Ukraine was in trying to restore any kind of societal function as soon as possible after the full-scale invasion. Take its train lines, where even where towns and cities were reduced to rubble, what the authorities wanted to do were to restore trains. And I think this is part of that, where you have these supply lines, you see plenty of military vehicles and armoured vehicles being towed heading to the front line. But also there are civilians trying to keep services going, trying to allow people to live their lives where possible. It's a two-tiered existence that the Ukrainian state has at the moment, I think, and it's extraordinarily resilient - but
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