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this is our free land, and we will never give it to anyone. never give up. ukraine s donbas region is on the front lines, of course, along the country s eastern border with russia. cnn s sam kiley visited a town there that shares its name with a vastly different and much larger american metropolis. sam explains many residents in ukraine s new york fear a russian invasion is imminent. reporter: in a small town called new york in eastern ukraine, and a short flight for a mortar bomb from rebel territory, lies slavianska street. after eight years of war so close to the front line, homes here are almost worthless. these houses haven t been smashed by war, they ve been destroyed by the poverty conflict brings. torn down and sold as recycled

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