Frontline Ukraine cafe offers glimpse of normality as war rages

By Léa Dauple

Frontline Ukraine cafe offers glimpse of normality as war rages

Public transport is no longer running in Pokrovsk, now a ghost town

Inside her cafe in the frontline Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk, Anna appeared calm as she poured a capuccino, filling the room with the scent of Java roast.

Russian troops are barely 10 kilometres (six miles) from the city but here, the sounds of war are drowned out by the whir of the coffee machine.

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