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Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine – Spreading a map of East Ukraine on the table, Olena Dovhopola begins to rapidly point at scrawled red circles that dot the length and breadth of the paper.

“I was here, and then here,” the 59-year-old says, quickly shuffling the map to the right. “And in this small town as well. I’ve been all over the place, and both sides – separatist and Ukrainian army. I just need to find him. I know he is still alive somewhere.”

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