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ukraine teens https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/ukraine-russia-war-anniversary-teenagers-military-1235271301/ april/may 2024. kyiv ukraine anna donets, 17 year old photography student at democracy school, photographs free azov protests held every sunday in largely by youth combat indifference apathy plight battalion other soldiers, national heroes for ukraine, be released from russian captivity. anna spends lot time volunteering dreams being photojournalist when graduates. as russia’s full scale invasion continues its 3rd year, ukrainians grapple with tragic death toll, collective trauma, get used “new normal” frequent missile attacks, power outages deaths close home, ukrainian coming age as generation forged years since revolution dignity 10 ago, victories horror that have come after. kyiv’s teens, those who remain because many fled country, live sandwiched between relatively normalcy afforded russians forced back city city’s superior air defenses, constant drum beat destruction around country which hits home frequently too. diverse drastically different relationships war, experienced occupation first hand relatives fighting, plan join military turn 18, flee before birthday. (natalie keyssar april/may ukraineanna captivity. anna graduates. russia’s “new normal” kyiv’s city’s birthday. (natalie natalie rolling stone