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When heavy shelling drove retired teacher Vira, 85, from her home town on the frontlines of the conflict in eastern Ukraine, her flight had an awful familiarity. It was the third time in her long life that she has been driven from home.

“Who thought that I would be on the move and without home in the end of my lifetime? But how can I complain?” she says, remaining defiantly upbeat. “We need to look on the bright side. Many people are having more difficult life than I have”.

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