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Meet the man who set up the biggest Humanitarian NGO in Zaporizhzhia

When Russia started its full-scale invasion in Ukraine, Oleksandr Beluga decided to help his people. He stayed in Zaporizhzhia and set up the biggest Humanitarian NGO's in the city.

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Fighting Windmills: Anas al Mustafa and the Turkish State

Arrested, deported, returned: Syrian Anas al Mustafa is taking legal action against what the Turkish state did to him. But the Turkish judiciary is another obstacle.

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Aleksandr Semenchenko: Music cook with a special intuition

Aleksandr Semenchenko traveled the whole world, now he is back in Kyiv. For musicians like him it is difficult to make some income now.

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Vadym Tereshchuk: Views of a Ukrainian local politician

Vadym Tereshchuk is member of Odesa's Council. With the city being under military administration, there is not much local politicians can decide. But they have other worries.

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Tatiana Ovays: IDP from Sievierodonetsk starts over in Vinnytsia

After two weeks of war, Tatiana Ovays fled Sievierodonetsk with her family. She had to start over in Vinnytsia, central Ukraine, and quickly gained a foothold.

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Dmitro Soochekov's painful return to Bakhmut

Dmitro Soochekov took an early opportunity to flee Bakhmut with his family. In the midst of war he has returned to salvage possessions.

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Leonid Maslov: Lawyer on second deployment

In Donbas Leonid Maslov already fought for the Ukrainian army. Now the 55-year-old lawyer is defending his hometown of Kharkiv.

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Leonid Kucheruk has the calendar matrix in his head

The Ukrainian Leonid Kucheruk has a penchant for calendar days. He knows the day of the week for any date in his head. He is just as fit in chess, with history and politics.

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Adam's escape from Mariupol

Adam survived the Russian siege of Mariupol. He spent a month in the war-ravaged harbor city. Here he tells about his experiences.

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Sergey Panashchuk: Reluctant war reporter from Odesa

Sergey Panashchuk works as a journalist in Odesa. In recent years he has tried to stay as far away from the war in Donbass as possible. Now the fighting has come to his city.

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Juli Karzanova reports from Chernihiv: "We are dying here: for no reason at all"

For several weeks, the Ukrainian city of Chernihiv near the border with Belarus has been under non-stop Russian attacks. Juli Karzanova stayed and reports on everyday life in the war.

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Fled from Ukraine: "I have no more tears."

Kristina and Eugene talk about their flight from Ukraine, why he was allowed to leave the country and how they want to continue.

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From Afghanistan and Ukraine: A family flees for the second time

Canada and the US evacuated Afghans from Kabul with a stopover in Ukraine. With the widespread war there, they are going from bad to worse.

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Integration, income - livelihood? Kurdish-Syrian woman talks about her life in Turkey

Despite Turkey's high receptiveness, life is difficult for Syrians there for various reasons. A mother reports from her everyday life.

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Velika Kladuša: Why a local resident helps people on the run

This man once fled the war from former Yugoslavia to Germany. Back home in Bosnia-Herzegovina, he is now helping people on the run. Here he talks about his motivation and the atmosphere on the ground.

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