#Russian occupation
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!["I Wanted to Move Forward in Life”: Teen Who Escaped Russian-Occupied Donetsk Starts Over in Kyiv]( "\"I Wanted to Move Forward in Life”: Teen Who Escaped Russian-Occupied Donetsk Starts Over in Kyiv")
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![Photo of Olena Blizniakova]( "Photo of Olena Blizniakova")
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- Life in Ukraine
Serhii was just 17 when he convinced his parents to let him gather some of his belongings and flee occupied Donetsk. His family, however, remained. Born and raised in the eastern Ukrainian city, he was only a child when the Russians occupied his hometown. As he got older, questions arose: “I started asking myself: why was it so good then, and not now?”
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-d614951a2f9be14551bfdabb226f1067.png "\"I Wanted to Move Forward in Life”: Teen Who Escaped Russian-Occupied Donetsk Starts Over in Kyiv")
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