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Editor’s Note: This article was published by the twice-weekly newsletter “The Counteroffensive with Tim Mak” on May 20, 2024, and has been re-published by the Kyiv Independent with permission. To subscribe to “The Counteroffensive,” click here. When Russia’s full-scale war against Ukraine began, Anastasia Boyko considered fleeing Ukraine to keep her three-month-old baby safe. She instead decided to help Ukraine’s war effort using her great-grandmother’s love of embroidery. Generations of women in Anastasia’s family are united by this heritage – she couldn’t leave her family and their tradition…

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