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On the Bus: Ukraine’s Frontline Express Across the Battle Lines

Nothing shows the will of ordinary people to try to lead normal lives like the public transport that regularly crosses to and from rebel territory in the Ukraine.

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MARIUPOL, Ukraine — Even as Ukrainian forces and Russian-backed rebels trade fire across front lines, the public buses between separatist-held Donetsk and the besieged port city of Mariupol have kept on running.

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