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A Ukrainian baker has been watching war unfold from his cafe

NPR | By Danielle Kurtzleben ,

Daniel Ofman, Tinbete Ermyas

Published August 23, 2026 at 4:17 PM CDT

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Stanislav Zavertailo is co-owner of a popular Kyiv-based cafe. He tells NPR's Danielle Kurtzleben what it's like to live through airstrikes and keep a cafe operating amid a war.

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Danielle Kurtzleben is a White House correspondent on NPR's Washington Desk. She appears regularly on the NPR Politics Podcast and other NPR shows.

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Tinbete Ermyas