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The national food of Ukraine isn’t borscht. It’s #sushi. In particular, it’s the Philadelphia roll.
Make this controversial observation to any Ukrainian you meet, and you’ll be met with a knowing chuckle.

When people ask me the most surprising thing I’ve learned in three years of #war, they expect that I’ll talk about drone #warfare, or the eerie feeling of an air raid shelter during a missile attack.

But when I first came to #Ukraine, the thing that stuck out to me the most was the fact that you could find a #sushi restaurant in pretty much every corner of the country.

In large cities and small villages – even close to the frontlines! – you can find the Japanese dish.

Meet Blade, who goes by that callsign while working as a Ukrainian #drone pilot.

Blade recounts how one of his sushi cravings unfurled during a brief moment of calm while stationed in the south of #Ukraine during the first year of the country’s war with #Russia.

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#NEWS OF THE DAY:

#G7 PRESSURES #RUSSIA WITH SANCTIONS TO FORCE CEASEFIRE: The US and other G7 countries have warned Russia that they will expand sanctions and use frozen Russian assets to support #Ukraine if #Moscow does not agree to a ceasefire, The Financial Times reported.

https://www.ft.com/content/873d5289-637e-4819-9fa1-bf4c105ddb03