AdvertisementUkraine's offensive in Kharkiv was hard and bitter, say soldiers who did the fightingSeptember 29, 2022Jason BeaubienfacebookEmailA soldier who was formerly an IT entrepreneur and asked to be identified only by his call sign "Arun" manning a checkpoint in Borshchova, in northeastern Ukraine, on Friday. Ukrainian troops took back the area from Russian forces earlier this month. (Pete Kiehart for NPR)