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Ukrainian life under Russian occupation

School children forced to sing the Russian national anthem and people fighting to save their homes - what is life like under Russian control?

Currently about a fifth of Ukraine is under Russian occupation. Olga Malchevska of the 麻豆社 News team has spoken to 3 people from different cities in this area. She tells us about the threats they face for being Ukrainian and the small acts of resistance they carry out. Plus, the free-roaming rhino who crashed a wedding party in Nepal, with the 麻豆社 World Service's environment correspondent Navin Singh Khadka.

This episode of The Documentary comes to you from The Fifth Floor, the show at the heart of global storytelling, with 麻豆社 journalists from all around the world.

Presented by Irena Taranyuk.
Produced by Caroline Ferguson, Alice Gioia and Hannah Dean.
This is an EcoAudio certified production.

(Photo: Irena Taranyuk.)

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