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Feb 24, 2023, 6 tweets

🧵“That’s the only thing that keeps every Ukrainian going right now, it’s hope for a better future for your family."
Elya, from Kharkiv, is thinking about her parents who have stayed in Ukraine as the conflict reaches a year.

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"The hardest part of it all was to accept and to realise all of our pre-war life was in the past and we might never have it back.”

Marianna doesn’t know when she will be able to reunite with her family in Odessa.

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“I realised this is not just destroyed buildings, this is my childhood memories, this is a part of my life…part of my identity.”

Yaroslava reflects on her journey back to her home town in Ukraine, Makariv.

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Could President Zelensky ever consider ceding territory in exchange for peace?

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“You go through the day…but in the back of your mind it’s always the news, it’s always something happening where your home is, it’s tearing you apart”.

Anastasia is thinking of her friends in Kharkiv.

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A moving finish to Ukraine: One Year On, a #Newsnight and #Ukrainecast programme recorded live with an audience of Ukrainians.

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