these Ukrainian teenagers who participate in the military effort

Still minor and already at the heart of tensions between Ukraine and Russia. In the south-east of Ukraine, close to the front line, among these teenagers, war anxiety is omnipresent. So, in an attempt to calm their nightmares, they learn to prepare in case of an invasion.

“We are helping the military to clear these trenches and positions so that they can take them in the event of a bombardment or a Russian attack and that they protect the village and the country“, confides Mikhaïlo Anopa, a Ukrainian teenager. Digging trenches, building shelters, sealing windows… these young boys and girls, all students of a rehabilitation center for orphans and disadvantaged children, are supervised by this pastor. “Children try to support the defenders of the country as much as they can”specifies Gennadi Mokhnenko.