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Life under Russian occupation in Bykiv

April 17, 2022

The small town of Bykiv, northeast of Kyiv, was in the middle of intense fighting between Russian and Ukrainian forces from late February. DW's Nick Connolly spoke to residents struggling to make sense of what happened.

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