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‘My example can change minds’: Roma fighting for place in postwar Ukraine
Campaigners across Europe call on Kyiv to recognise contribution of marginalised community
Growing up in Ukraine, Arsen Mednik often found himself singled out – at school children would point at him, calling him “gypsy”, while employers were often reluctant to hire him when they learned he was Roma.
But in early 2022, as Russian forces began their savage occupation of his home town of Bucha, Mednik was among the first Ukrainian Roma to volunteer in the defence of the country.
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