The Intelligence: The race to save Kharkiv
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The Economist
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🗓️ 11 April 2024
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
Since the invasion began, Ukraine's second city has suffered a third of all aerial attacks. The latest one has been especially gruelling. A census of Mexico’s missing people is likely underestimating the scale of the problem. Is the president deliberately trying to minimise its scale (11:08)? And, why those with the least to spend on lottery tickets are most likely to try their luck (19:20).
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| 1:22.5 | Thanks in part to clashes between gangs, there are many missing people in Mexico. |
| 1:28.3 | So many, in fact, that it's hard to put a number on it. |
| 1:32.3 | The country's president says he's trying, but those still looking for their relatives |
| 1:37.3 | say that he's actually working to make the problem itself disappear. |
| 1:42.3 | And, while lotteries are becoming increasingly popular among the people who can least afford them. |
| 1:59.4 | But first. Kharkiv in the northeast of Ukraine is the country's second largest city, just 30 kilometers from the border with Russia. |
| 2:16.6 | And it is bearing the brunt of Russia's military offensive. |
| 2:21.7 | Missiles, drones and bombs have hit a wide variety of targets, |
| 2:26.5 | including electricity infrastructure, |
| 2:28.9 | meaning that rolling blackouts are back again. |
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