Letter from Moscow: When war suddenly explodes over your roof
by Fred Weir
May 30, 2023
3 minutes
It’s been frustrating to report from Russia over the past 16 months, when the story has largely been one of prevailing calm, quiet, and outright normalcy, even as an unthinkably destructive conflict rages not too far away in neighboring Ukraine. Most conversations with people around here tend to be about the weather, sports, local politics. Hardly anyone ever talks about the war.
All that changed rather abruptly early this morning.
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