TDC team continues working on documenting the testimonies of Ukrainian women, their thoughts and experiences, during the war in Ukraine. This time we welcomed Yuliia “Taira” Paievska, the Ukrainian paramedic and volunteer, who has been held in Russian captivity for several months. Her story differs from the one of Ms Aliona Verbytska, our previous guest, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":7401,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25,104],"tags":[],"topic":[],"class_list":["post-7390","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events","category-spain-and-latin-america-cooperation-program-events"],"mb":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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