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    Chermalyk: Whenever it gets dark…

    Chermalyk: Whenever it gets dark…

    ·Last updated: August 28, 2026·1 min read·Niklas

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    In Ukraine shootings are happening on a daily basis — visit of a village on the front line

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    In Ukraine shootings are happening on a daily basis — visit of a village on the front line

    Chermalyk/Mariupol. For them there is no escape. Around 2000 inhabitants of Chermalyk near Mariupol have become accustomed to shootings. Before the war broke out, the region was popular for local recreation. But leisure is unimaginable these days. Since separatists proclaimed the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR), the Kalmius river — Chermalyk is located on its left-hand bank — marks the internationally unrecognized border. Right along the river lies the almost 500-kilometer-long[1] contact line, how the front is officially called, since the Minsk-II-agreement was passed.

    A destroyed farm.
    A destroyed farm.

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