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Apartment block in Kyiv (Oleksandr Koshyts Street) after shelling during Russian invasion of Ukraine. Wikimedia image by Kyiv City Council%D0%BF%D1%96%D1%81%D0%BB%D1%8F%D0%BE%D0%B1%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80%D1%96%D0%BB%D1%83.jpg), 26 February 2022 (CC BY 4.0) When Ukraine was invaded on February 24 by Russia, thousands of citizens fled their homes for safer spaces across the borders of the Eastern European country. Civilian flights connecting Ukraine with the world were cancelled, and people had to move over land by trains, buses and cars. Among the civilians fleeing is the African diaspora community,…