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Ukrainian journalist released from Russian captivity

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Viktoria Roshchina, a journalist for Hromadske, has been in captivity in the occupied city of Berdiansk since March 15. She was released on March 22. As a condition for her release, she was forced to record a video in which she said that the Russian forces had saved her life.

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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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