The highway from Kharkiv to Crimea is nearly deserted on Sunday, Sept 18, 2022. The M18, 716/km (approximately 444/miles) long road built from Kharkiv Oblast through Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhzhia, would reach Crimea within 12 hours drive and be heavily in use until 2014, when the Russian Federation annexed Crimea.
"Only Villagers use it now and a few trucks," said Vladyslav Movchan, a Ukrainian journalist and production assistant with VX Pictures. (VX Photo/ Vudi Xhymshiti)