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Ukraine's front-line poets process life in the trenches

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Sonia Phalnikar in Kyiv, Ukraine
January 22, 2025

Russia's invasion of Ukraine has fueled a boom in poetry. Ukrainian poets who have taken up arms to defend their country are capturing life in the trenches. And soldiers are turning to poetry to help them cope with their war experiences. DW's Sonia Phalnikar reports.

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