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Ukraine players, amid war, drawing inspiration from homeland

Farm workers take a pause for lunch during the sunflowers harvesting on a field in Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, Friday, Sept. 9, 2022. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, center, reacts after his press conference in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Sept. 9, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Greece's Dimitrios Agravanis, right, challenges for the ball with Ukraine's Issuf Sanon, left, and Ukraine's Alex Len during their Eurobasket group C basketball match in Milan, Italy, Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2022. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)

Ukraine's players celebrate at the end of the Eurobasket group C basketball match between Ukraine and Britain at the Assago Forum, near Milan, Italy Friday Sept. 2, 2022. Ukraine beat Britain 90-61.(AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

Ukraine players, amid war, drawing inspiration from homeland