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A luxury leather goods manufacturer in France's Burgundy region has hired two dozen Ukrainians since the war began. The CEO says it's partly because he can't find enough French workers to fill the jobs.

"Google Translate," he says, laughing.

Oksana Zoubko is touching up bag straps with black paint. She was a baker in Kharkiv and says she loves working with her hands again. Yevdokiia Bila, 36, who goes by Julia, tamps down some stitching with a small hammer. She was one of the first Ukrainians hired here last March and is from Vovchansk, right along the Russian border outside Kharkiv.

Yevdokiia Bila, another Ukrainian employee, comes from a town outside Kharkiv. Several of her family members and friends have also come to France.Yevdokiia Bila, another Ukrainian employee, comes from a town outside Kharkiv. Several of her family members and friends have also come to France.Bila has rented a newly renovated apartment in the center of the cobblestone town, right across from the church. The Christmas lights from the village square light up her living room.

"Because I knew we'd all be forced to take Russian passports," he says. That's when they decided to abandon the farm. They gave their goats to neighbors.

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