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Franco Ordoñez

Russians wreak havoc on Ukrainian farms, mining fields and stealing equipment

Anatolii Kulibaba, 70, discusses challenges getting his farm in Bilka, near the Russian border, working again after Russians occupied it. (Olena Lysenko for NPR)

BILKA, Ukraine — For Ukrainian farmer Anatolii Kulibaba, this year's planting season comes with anguish. Kulibaba is among many who were forced to flee their land as Russian forces moved in with their tanks.

In the first few days of the war, Russian soldiers delivered an even crueler blow: They killed Kulibaba's son, Oleksandr, as he was traveling to their village of Bilka, 25 miles from the Russian border.

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