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Reuters
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Despite shelling, family life goes on in cellar in eastern Ukraine

27-year-old Olga, a Ukrainian woman, hugs her daughter as they cry near their house in the village of Pereizne, in direct proximity of the front line in the war-affected area in eastern Ukraine, as Russia's attack in Ukraine continues, in Donetsk region, Ukraine, August 28, 2022. REUTERS/Ammar Awad

Bogdan and Olga have had no electricity, gas or running water for more than a month in their village near the frontline in eastern Ukraine, but they have no plans to leave.

The couple live in a simple house in the village of Pereizne in the Donetsk region, with their four children, aged between four and 10, and three grandparents.

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