From battles in Kyiv to battling COVID - one scientist's story

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Ukrainian scientist Iryna Zaiets, who is now working in Australia Source: SBS News / SBS

Scientist Iryna Zaiets fled Kyiv earlier this year with her infant daughter as Russian forces started targeting the Ukrainian capital. But though she feared her career as a scientists might be over, that turned out not to be the case.



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