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American videographer helps Ukrainian civilians battered by Russian bombings

Video producer Ty Arnolds and teenager Sasha pose in front of the the rebuilt family home in Novohryhorivka, Ukraine, which was destroyed by Russian bombs.
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Video producer Ty Arnold and teenager Sasha pose in front of the the rebuilt family home in Novohryhorivka, Ukraine, which was destroyed by Russian bombs.

Ty Arnold, a video director for the American rock band Imagine Dragons, was so moved by the plight of civilians displaced by the war in Ukraine that he went there to volunteer. During his time delivering survival supplies in a small village he met a teenager whose home had been destroyed by Russian bombs. When the director came back to the U.S., he created a music video telling the story of the teen and his town.

WBGO’s Jon Kalish picks up the story from there…

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