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6 days agoHungarians living in Ukraine caught between front lines
Velyka Dobron faces depopulation and economic challenges, with many residents leaving and tensions rising due to political rhetoric.
The Zakarpattia region, known for its ski resorts and undulating landscapes, has in recent years become an unlikely focal point of a diplomatic dispute between Budapest and Kyiv. Home to more than 100,000 ethnic Hungarians, Zakarpattia has a complex history of shifting borders and empires, having passed through Austro-Hungarian, Czechoslovak and Soviet rule before becoming part of independent Ukraine. Located in the country's southwest, the region's administrative centre Uzhhorod has been largely unscathed from Russian attacks.