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Tamila Pyhyda cries during the exhumation of her husband Serhii Pyhyda who was killed by Russian forces in the recently retaken town of Vysokopillya, Ukraine, Monday, Dec. 5, 2022. Russian invaders left behind all sorts of trickery as they fled the southern city to jubilation across Ukraine a month ago, and continue to strike it from afar. Life in Kherson is still far from back to normal. — AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka

December 12, 2022

Family’s account of fleeing Ukraine and landing in Illinois

A Ukrainian doctoral student at Illinois State University updates us on her family's fleeing of Russian invaded Ukraine.

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Mariia, 29, and her daughter, Aphrodite, 3, made it safely to the Netherlands after fleeing their home in Ukraine. Mariia's mother, Maryna Teplova, is a doctoral student at Illinois State University. — Maryna Teplova

March 14, 2022

Family of ISU student fleeing war in Ukraine

Some 2.8 million people have fled the Russian war in Ukraine. The daughter and granddaughter of an Illinois State University student are among them. She joined The 21st to talk about what her family has been through.

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