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Over 200 religious buildings have been damaged by Russia since Feb. 24

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Ukraine's State Service for Ethnic Affairs and Freedom of Conscience reports on Aug. 31 that at least 205 religious buildings have been destroyed or partially damaged since Russia's full-scale invasion began. Among the most affected regions are Donetsk, Luhansk, Kyiv and Kharkiv.

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The Kyiv Independent staff documented what it feels like to live and sleep in Kyiv, Ukraine, as Russia intensifies its drone and missile attacks on the city. Filmed over several weeks in June and July, our journalists take shelter in bathrooms, basements, and parking garages as explosions ring out overhead.

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