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How One Odessan Fled The Russian Onslaught

A Ukrainian former cop tells TPM how she got out of the country.
ODESA, UKRAINE - MARCH 09, 2022 - Monument to Duke Richelieu is put round with sandbags in Prymorskyi Boulevard, Odesa, southern Ukraine (Photo credit should read Nina Lyashonok/ Ukrinform/Future Publishing via Getty Images)
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March 15, 2022 12:42 p.m.

Gunshots, a bombed-out road, and four days driving out of Ukraine with two distraught children in the back of the car.

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