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How a wealthy suburb became a war-ravaged ghost town

Natalie Carney
February 24, 2017

The small town of Pisky in eastern Ukraine was once a getaway for Donetsk's rich. But after being caught in the cross fire of a nearly three-year-long conflict between the Ukrainian army and pro Russian separatists, Pisky has become an apocalyptic ghost town. Only a handful of people remain in this formerly wealthy suburb that used to house over 2,000 people.

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