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Ukraine mail carriers aren’t deterred by snow, sleet, or war

August 19, 2022

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MYKOLAIV, Ukraine — First came the boom. Then the air raid siren.

“Turn off the machines! Turn off the machines!” yelled a mail sorter.

Moments before, workers in this southern Ukrainian city at the regional headquarters of Ukraine’s national postal service, Ukrposhta, had been absorbed in their early-morning shift: taking packages of varying shapes and sizes from a conveyor belt and distributing them according to their final destinations.

Now, they scrambled to safety as the sound of the explosions grew louder. “It’s coming closer and closer!” yelled an employee, huddled in an entranceway with a group of colleagues.

Forty-five minutes later, the all-clear was given. Slightly behind schedule — time they would make up in short order — the sorting facility’s roughly 45 employees returned to work.

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