‘They Forgot About Us’: Fear and Uncertainty Reign in Heavily Shelled Russian Border Town
SHEBEKINO, Russia — Weeks of relentless shelling have turned this once-thriving district center near the Ukrainian border with a pre-war population of about 40,000 into a ghost town. Rubble and broken glass litter the empty streets, and in the town’s central square, signs of shelling are visible on the building facades. Not far from there,…