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Amid the mounting casualties on both sides and Russia’s latest retreat, the coming winter months will have an outsized impact on the future of the war.

With the absence of air travel, Ukraine's railway network has been crucial during the war. At first, the night trains ferried refugees to safety; now they take a stream of people in and out of the country. Brought together from across Ukraine, everyone on the night train has a story to tell.

President Vladimir Putin and other officials have linked Russia's so-called "traditional values" with national security. As a bill that would virtually ban the mention of same-sex relationships and transgender issues wends through the legislature, LGBT citizens and activists are sounding the alarm.

Legal in only a handful of countries, the business of birthing-for-pay brings cash and conflicting feelings to the Caucasus.

Turkmen students who study abroad are being kept from flying to universities and even removed from foreign-bound planes, with officials giving no explanation. Some Turkmen suspect authorities are reluctant to let citizens leave ahead of a census that comes amid an unprecedented population decline.