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A team of midlife cheerleaders in Ukraine refuses to let war defeat them

The Sunrise cheerleading team from Kharkiv, Ukraine, competes in the Ukraine Cheer Cup competition in the capital, Kyiv, on Dec. 13, 2025.

Ukrainian women in their 50s and 60s say they've embraced cheerleading as a way to cope with the extreme stress and anxiety of four years of Russia's full-scale invasion.

(Image credit: Anton Shtuka for NPR)

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