Russian forces crossed from Belarus into Ukraine a year ago, headed for Kyiv, before their unexpected retreat. As the war drags on, Ukraine is fortifying even the quietest stretch of this border.
A member of Ukraine's military stands at the entrance to a vast underground bunker in the Volyn region, in Western Ukraine.A member of Ukraine's military stands at the entrance to a vast underground bunker in the Volyn region, in Western Ukraine.VOLYN REGION, Ukraine — In a thick pine forest in western Ukraine, not far from the border with the Kremlin-aligned nation of Belarus, a military engineer named Anton is supervising a vast underground construction site.
He won't say how many soldiers the bunker, which is almost finished, will house. But he does give NPR a tour, walking us through a labyrinth of small hallways connecting bedrooms, bathrooms, a kitchen and dining hall, and a large central command room lined with desks and giant TV screens. Building a vast underground bunker in the Volyn region, Ukraine is fortifying even the quietest stretch of its border with Belarus.Building a vast underground bunker in the Volyn region, Ukraine is fortifying even the quietest stretch of its border with Belarus.Russian troops entered Ukraine through Belarus in the beginning of the war, before retreating after a failed attempt to occupy Ukraine's capital, Kyiv.
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