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For this team delivering aid into Ukraine, the supply run is personal

As millions of refugees flee Ukraine, Silva Alkebeh spends her time thinking about how to get aid across the border and into the heart of the most besieged cities.
Driver Mykola prepares for a run into Ukraine.

RZEZSOW, Poland — Silva Alkebeh has run missions everywhere from Darfur to Pakistan to Bangladesh. Now, she is loading a truck in Poland that is bound for Ukraine.

But these aren't military shipments, they are humanitarian ones.

As the war effort inside Ukraine continues and millions of refugees flee the country, Alkebeh spends her time thinking about how to get aid back into the country

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