A Look At What Is Happening To The Youth In The Separatist Regions Of Eastern Ukraine

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National Geographic: Ukrainian children train for combat

In the separatist regions of eastern Ukraine, young people prepare to defend themselves—and their nation.

For youth in war-torn nations, education suffers profoundly. Schools are destroyed by indiscriminate shelling or deliberately turned into military posts. Children and teachers stay at home, afraid to step on a landmine or be caught in the crossfire of warring parties. The house of learning, envisioned as a safe haven, becomes a target.

For nearly a decade, photographer Diego Ibarra Sánchez has examined how conflict interrupts, interferes with, and obstructs learning. “Education is supposed to be the way forward, the way to build or rebuild a nation,” he observes. What happens to that goal when academic institutions can’t play their part?

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WNU Editor: In my opinion Ukraine has already lost this generation of Russian-Ukrainians. Even in the regions that Ukraine controls with Russian-Ukrainian majorities, the animosities that have built up after five years of conflict are there. The only thing that keeps it under the lid is the heavy presence of Ukrainian military and intelligence forces. My only hope right now is that with Ukrainians going to the polls this month and next to elect a President, they will vote overwhelmingly to turf out the political establishment that has brought about all of this destruction. If not, this is only going to get worse, and Ukraine will forever be splintered.

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