Next week will mark three years since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. It led to the deadliest war in Europe since World War II, and the ramifications of it go far beyond the front lines. Over the past three years, millions of Ukrainians have been displaced — forced to live elsewhere in Ukraine, or outside the country. For many, that path to safety was a treacherous one. The World’s Daniel Ofman reports on how a young Ukrainian man escaped Russia’s invasion.
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