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Ukraine’s last eastern strongholds hang on as Russia fights to take Donbas

Russia is pushing to take over all of eastern Ukraine's Donbas region, where one resident tells NPR that she feels her "life depends on how our guys at the front hold on."

Inside Ukraine’s last maternity ward in a region surrounded by Russian forces

NPR visits a hospital in eastern Ukraine's Donetsk region, in a town where many residents have fled but some young couples are holding on and hoping to raise their children one day in peace.