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Kept at gunpoint in a nuclear plantKept at gunpoint in a nuclear plant

Released On: 12 Aug 2022

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We hear from people in the Ukrainian nuclear plant working in fear for their lives

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Ukraine retakes Kherson
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Who fired the missile into Poland?
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President Zelensky gets a warm welcome in Washington
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