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War in Ukraine: "It's a completely invisible danger"
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Ukrainian military service members guard a road that leads to a government block, in Kiev, Ukraine February 24, 2022. © REUTERS/Umit Bektas
By: Marie Casadebaig Follow
More than a thousand French people usually live in Ukraine.
They would be down to 300 or 400 after the French authorities called for the return of nationals without a compelling reason to stay.
Among them, Edouard Dorges, settled in Ukraine for 14 years and married to a Ukrainian.
This HR consultant is a block manager in Kiev.
That is to say, he liaises between the French Embassy and the expatriates in his district.
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Marie Casadebaig joined him at home, in the suburbs of the capital where he has been sheltered since Wednesday.
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