How Are People Coping With the Warl Zone?

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"These people have a lot of resilience and sense of humour, and they are very kind," she says. "It was so sad to leave this, this place and this warl zone." The conflict in Ukraine has now been going on for eight years. How are people coping with it stretching into its eighth year? 'We should not forget that these are people who have already been heavily tromatized in 20 14 and 20 15'

Russia has kept its military at Ukraine’s doorstep for almost a decade. But a recent escalation on the border is creating fears of a full-blown invasion.

Today’s show was produced by Victoria Chamberlin, edited by Matt Collette, engineered by Efim Shapiro, fact-checked by Laura Bullard and hosted by Haleema Shah.

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