Rassen: I'm surprised that people outside of Ukraine all go about Borsch, but no one knows about QK. We can't plan for what we will do when this war ends. For me, we plan to have children, but that was put on hold. Because it's just scary to be in this vulnerable state to be pregnant right now.
After a year of a conflict that was predicted to last just days, we examine the battle lines—seeing an opportunity for Ukraine that may not come around again. We look at the strains on Russian civil society by speaking with self-exiled citizens. And one Ukrainian woman who returned to Kharkiv tells us how the war has changed her.
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