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Land mine victim Oleksandr Rabenko, 66 years-old, speaks during an interview with the Associated Press as Murzik, his cat, approaches, at his son's home on the outskirts of Izium, Ukraine, Sunday, Feb. 19, 2023. In this war-scarred city in Ukraine's northeast, residents scrutinize every step for land mines. The brutality of the Russian invasion in this one-time strategic supply hub for Russian troops counts among the most horrific of the war, which entered its second year last month. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

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In liberated Ukraine city, civilians still pay price of war
By SAMYA KULLAB - Associated Press
Mon,03/06/23-1:47AM , 476 Reads
IZIUM, Ukraine (AP) — In this war-scarred city in Ukraine's northeast, residents scrutinize every step for land mines. Behind closed doors, survivors wait in agony for the bodies of loved ones to be identified. The hunt for collaborators of the not-so-long ago Russian occupation poisons tightly-knit communities.
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Ukrainian servicemen of the 3rd Separate Tank Iron Brigade take part in a drill, not far from the frontlines, in the Kharkiv area, Ukraine, Thursday, Feb. 23, 2023. Grueling artillery battles have stepped up in recent weeks in the vicinity of Kupiansk, a strategic town on the eastern edge of Kharkiv province by the banks of the Oskil River as Russian attacks intensifying in a push to capture the entire industrial heartland known as the Donbas, which includes the Donetsk and the Luhansk provinces. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda, File)

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Ukraine's northeastern front could decide new battle lines
By SAMYA KULLAB - Associated Press
Tue,02/28/23-1:32AM , 455 Reads
KUPIANSK, Ukraine (AP) — A tank carrying Ukrainian infantry speeds toward a target position marked with a metal sheet. The soldiers climb down, hurl grenades and unleash a crackle of machine-gun fire. Then they repeat the moves, getting faster with every iteration.
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Anastasiia Okhrimenko, left, and Anna Korostenska visit the cemetery together in Bucha, Ukraine, where their partners are buried, Monday, Jan. 23, 2023. As the conflict that killed their loved ones still rages on, Anna, Anastasiia and her brother, Vadym wrestle with a question that all of war-torn Ukraine must grapple with: After loss, what comes next? (AP Photo/Daniel Cole)

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Ukraine war saga unfolds across the lives of 5 friends
By SAMYA KULLAB - Associated Press
Thu,02/16/23-2:30AM , 499 Reads
BUCHA, Ukraine (AP) — In the cemetery where Oleksii Zavadskyi and Yurii Stiahliuk are buried, the women they loved take drags on the men’s favorite brands of cigarettes. Clouds of smoke are exhaled in silence.
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In this image from Ukrainian Armed Forces and taken in Feb. 2023 shows damaged Russian tanks in a field after attempting to attack, Vuhledar, Ukraine. The battle for the small coal-mining town of Vuhledar on Ukraine's eastern front line which has emerged as a critical hot spot in the fight for Donetsk province. Securing the town would give both Ukrainian forces and Russian troops a tactical upper hand in the greater battle for the Donbas region. (Ukrainian Armed Forces via AP)

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Hilltop coal-mining town a tactical prize in Ukraine war
By SAMYA KULLAB - Associated Press
Sat,02/11/23-1:44AM , 443 Reads
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — In a small coal-mining town on Ukraine’s eastern front line, a fight for strategic superiority is being waged in a battlefield steeped with symbolism as the one-year anniversary of Russia’s invasion nears.
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