In parts of northern Ukraine — near the border with Belarus — Russian troops were firmly in control for several weeks after Russia’s full-scale invasion started in 2022. The World’s Carolyn Beeler visited the Chernihiv region, to learn how residents there are putting their lives back together, even while the war rages on.
This story originally aired on February 24, 2023.
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