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If you want an idea of the true human cost of the crisis in Ukraine, consider the tale of an 86-year-old woman who, for the purposes of this article, we will call Vira. Until recently she was living happily in Donetsk. Yet the tumult which has engulfed the city has forced her to flee, despite her love for her neighbourhood, her attachment to her home and her cat, and her age. 

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