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Why Ukrainian refugees in Berlin are going back home

With the Russian attack concentrating on the east of Ukraine, some Ukrainian refugees are daring to go back to the safer Ukrainian regions. DW asked refugees leaving for Kyiv from Berlin's main bus station why they have chosen to return home.

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