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For Ukrainian competitors Invictus Games are break from war

A member of Team Ukraine looks out over a lake at the Invictus Games venue in The Hague, Netherlands, Thursday, April 14, 2022. The week-long games for active servicemen and veterans who are ill, injured or wounded opens Saturday in this Dutch city that calls itself the global center of peace and justice. Those concepts seem a world away to the team of 19 athletes from Ukraine. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong) Volodymyr Musyak, who until a few days ago, was on the front lines defending Ukraine from Russia's deadly invasion, poses for a portrait at the Invictus Games in The Hague, Netherlands, Thursday, April 14, 2022. The week-long games for active servicemen and veterans who are ill, injured or wounded opens Saturday in this Dutch city that calls itself the global center of peace and justice. Those concepts seem a world away to the team of 19 athletes from Ukraine. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong) Ukrainian team members rest as they wait for what is known as "categorization", when organizers assess them and put them in groups of competitors with similar abilities, at the Invictus Games in The Hague, Netherlands, Thursday, April 14, 2022. The week-long games for active servicemen and veterans who are ill, injured or wounded opens Saturday in this Dutch city that calls itself the global center of peace and justice. Those concepts seem a world away to the team of 19 athletes from Ukraine. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong) A member of Team Ukraine looks out over a lake at the Invictus Games venue in The Hague, Netherlands, Thursday, April 14, 2022. The week-long games for active servicemen and veterans who are ill, injured or wounded opens Saturday in this Dutch city that calls itself the global center of peace and justice. Those concepts seem a world away to the team of 19 athletes from Ukraine. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong) Wives and children of Ukrainian team members wait at the Invictus Games in The Hague, Netherlands, Thursday, April 14, 2022. The week-long games for active servicemen and veterans who are ill, injured or wounded opens Saturday in this Dutch city that calls itself the global center of peace and justice. Those concepts seem a world away to the team of 19 athletes from Ukraine. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong) Ukrainian team members rest as they wait for what is known as "categorization", when organizers assess them and put them in groups of competitors with similar abilities, at the Invictus Games in The Hague, Netherlands, Thursday, April 14, 2022. The week-long games for active servicemen and veterans who are ill, injured or wounded opens Saturday in this Dutch city that calls itself the global center of peace and justice. Those concepts seem a world away to the team of 19 athletes from Ukraine. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong) Ukrainian team members wait for what is known as "categorization", when organizers assess them and put them in groups of competitors with similar abilities, at the Invictus Games in The Hague, Netherlands, Thursday, April 14, 2022. The week-long games for active servicemen and veterans who are ill, injured or wounded opens Saturday in this Dutch city that calls itself the global center of peace and justice. Those concepts seem a world away to the team of 19 athletes from Ukraine. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong) Volodymyr Musyak, who until a few days ago, was on the front lines defending Ukraine from Russia's deadly invasion, poses for a portrait at the Invictus Games in The Hague, Netherlands, Thursday, April 14, 2022. The week-long games for active servicemen and veterans who are ill, injured or wounded opens Saturday in this Dutch city that calls itself the global center of peace and justice. Those concepts seem a world away to the team of 19 athletes from Ukraine. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong) A member of Team Ukraine looks out over a lake at the Invictus Games venue in The Hague, Netherlands, Thursday, April 14, 2022. The week-long games for active servicemen and veterans who are ill, injured or wounded opens Saturday in this Dutch city that calls itself the global center of peace and justice. Those concepts seem a world away to the team of 19 athletes from Ukraine. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)