Along Ukraine’s northern border with Russia, fears of a new invasion

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May 24, 2022 at 8:30 a.m. EDT
Members of a border guard unit from the Chernihiv region at their base, which was damaged by Russian strikes in recent months, in Chernihiv, Ukraine, on May 17. (Kasia Strek/Panos Pictures for The Washington Post)
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TYKHONOVYCHI, Ukraine — The deep trenches and scattered observation posts that marked Ukraine’s northern border with Russia were no match for the columns of tanks that rolled across on Feb. 24.

Now, having beaten the Russians back to their side — over weeks of battle, and at great cost — the border guards of Ukraine’s Chernihiv region are watching warily as their adversaries again mass troops and equipment.