Ukraine’s war-torn areas attracting dark tourism enthusiasts


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Blasco Ventas filming a video at the symbolic cemetery of destroyed civilian cars in Irpin, near Kyiv. — Photos: GENYA SAVILOV/AFP

Spanish traveller Alberto Blasco Ventas looked out at Ukraine’s destroyed Irpin bridge, blown up to stop Russian troops in 2022 and now a hotspot for thrill-seeking tourists visiting the country.

Russian forces had planned to cross the bridge in their attempts to seize the Ukrainian capital Kyiv at the beginning of the war.

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