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Slovyansk (Ukraine) (AFP) - For Aleksandra, a woman in her 80s, survival in the war zone comes down to one thing: water. Like many others in the flashpoint eastern Ukrainian city of Slovyansk, she has come to central Lenin Square to fill her bottle from the stagnant pool at the fountain. She has no other choice.

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