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So-called war tourists travel to Ukraine to see the destruction of the Russian war of aggression with their own eyes. Tours to war zones such as Irpin or Kharkiv, which are sometimes referred to as “black tourism”, raise ethical questions.
“I’m a bit scared,” says Alberto Blasco Ventas in view of the Russian missiles that attack Kiev almost daily. “It’s my first time in a war zone.” The 23-year-old Spaniard has undertaken an arduous journey to experience the war at first hand. And Blasco Ventas is by no means the only war tourist in Ukraine – more and more foreigners want to…
