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'Breaking Point: The War for Democracy in Ukraine' goes beyond headlines with a thorough approach

A man drives alone through a remote forest. He is headed toward a war zone. He looks every inch a soldier, but he is not.

He is a man who started a theater school for children, who believes "beauty and art will save the world." But then, on a day in Feb. 18, 2014, something changed.

"They started killing people," the man says,

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