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‘I wanted to live’: A Ukrainian orphan’s journey through Russian occupation

· By Mansur Mirovalev
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Kyiv, Ukraine – When the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine began, Denys Kostev was 18 and living in an orphanage in Kherson. Appalled by the war, he used to film social media videos decrying the invading Russian forces.

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