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Hello, it's 653 days since Russia began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

That was the sound of a defiant Ukrainian soldier singing,

as Russian forces relentlessly bombed the as-of-style steel factory in Maroupal in May last year.

And on today's episode, we're going to talk to two women who have absolutely zero idea

if their loved ones who were inside the steel plant are alive or dead,

more than 560 days after they were captured at the factory.

This is Ukraine cost.

Ukraine cost from business.

Ukraine is an epicenter of unbearable heart-hage and pain.

Man's of people are without heating, without water.

Putin is the aggressor.

He will be ready to use nuclear weapons.

They killed him and fled.

I do not know how we managed to survive.

I want people to know the truth.

Hello, this is Victoria Darbyshe in the Ukraine cost studio.

And this is Vitaly Shepchenko, also in the Ukraine cost studio.

Now, we spent so many episodes talking about the battle of As of Style.

Why was this scene so important?

Because As of Style was the last remaining part of Maroupal still under Ukrainian control.

And Maroupal mattered.

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