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A team of midlife cheerleaders in Ukraine refuses to let war defeat them

Ukrainian women in their 50s and 60s say they've embraced cheerleading as a way to cope with the extreme stress and anxiety of four years of Russia's full-scale invasion.

A team of midlife cheerleaders in Ukraine refuses to let war defeat them
Image: NPR World

Ukrainian women in their 50s and 60s say they've embraced cheerleading as a way to cope with the extreme stress and anxiety of four years of Russia's full-scale invasion.

(Image credit: Anton Shtuka for NPR)

Originally published at NPR World

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