Ukraine’s second-largest city, Kharkiv, is just 30 kilometres from Russia and suffers almost daily bombardment from across the border. But as the years of war have gone by, the city’s cultural ...

Ukraine’s second-largest city, Kharkiv, is just 30km from Russia and suffers almost daily bombardment from across the border.

Despite the lead actress departing, a fiery production of Carmen by a Ukrainian opera company stunned audiences in Swindon.