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Anna Conkling/The Daily BeastKOSTIANTYNIVKA, Ukraine—In a large bedroom in eastern Ukraine, a woman in her 80s sits in a fluffy pink bathrobe hunched over a table by her bed. The room is filled with icons of the Virgin Mary, Jesus Christ, and Saint Nicholas, figures she believes protect her against evil curses and the dangers of the war. The woman stares fixated at the table, which she has filled with playing cards, ranging from the ten of clovers to the queen of hearts. She looks at me and says ....