Considered a traitor: Life of an anti-war Ukrainian in Russia

MOSCOW: In war-torn Ukraine, her family considers her a traitor. In tightly controlled Russia, her life is defined by solitude. A Ukrainian living in Russia for the past 20 years, Maria — whose name AFP has changed for her safety — has for four years watched with horror as her adopted homeland waged war against her native country. Her parents are her only family in Ukraine who still speak to her. The rest of her friends and relatives there have cut her off. “They consider me a traitor,” Maria, 48, told AFP.

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