Dog Shirt Daily

Dog Shirt Daily

Kharkiv At War: A Photo Essay

A city out of fucks to give going on with life as abnormal

Benjamin Wittes's avatar
Benjamin Wittes
Feb 08, 2026
∙ Paid

Good Afternoon:

I spent two days this week seeing the sights in Kharkiv—which is not a place most people go sightseeing.

My time in this large city near the front was a combination of meetings with civilians who live here and with military folks who are defending the city, on the one hand, and trudging through the bitter cold to see both how close the fr…

Keep reading with a 7-day free trial

Subscribe to Dog Shirt Daily to keep reading this post and get 7 days of free access to the full post archives.

Already a paid subscriber? Sign in
© 2026 Benjamin Wittes · Privacy ∙ Terms ∙ Collection notice
Start your SubstackGet the app
Substack is the home for great culture