Editor’s Note: The last names of some of the people interviewed for the story are not disclosed due to security reasons. KUPIANSK, KHARKIV OBLAST – Just 40 kilometers away from the Russian border, in Ukraine’s eastern Kharkiv Oblast, stands a small town scarred by months of occupation and ongoing relentless shelling. Once home to about 27,000 people, Kupiansk now has only about 20% of its pre-war population left. Some 5,500 people stubbornly refuse to leave Kupiansk, even though the Ukrainian