War Through Children's Eyes

A Childhood Lost – 20 war stories through the eyes of children and teenagers. What it means to grow up without peace. To recognize incoming shells by their sound – to know if there is a threat, if you need to hide in the basement, or if a bomb might fall on the playground today. What have the children of this new war endured, and how do they live today?
I would like to end this whole war
05.10.2020
Victoria Hrabovetska
"I would like to end this whole war"
 Friends heard explosions, we thought they  were firecrackers
30.05.2021
Serhii Batlov
"Friends heard explosions, we thought they were firecrackers"
I want to go home and I want war to finish
28.12.2020
Victor Pomnikov
"I want to go home and I want war to finish"
I was very scared, but people get used to everything over time
28.12.2020
Anna Pilyuhina
"I was very scared, but people get used to everything over time"
I would like those people who are fighting to come to their senses
21.10.2020
Nicole Yevdokimova
"I would like those people who are fighting to come to their senses"
«We left Donetsk because of the war»
10.11.2020
Nikita Miletskyi
«We left Donetsk because of the war»
My beautiful town has become scary and black because of the war
28.12.2020
Nastia Nekrasova
"My beautiful town has become scary and black because of the war"
«Every night, when I fall asleep, they start shooting»
28.12.2020
Mariana Poltoradnia
«Every night, when I fall asleep, they start shooting»
 Im sorry that my hometown was so bombed
30.05.2021
Lilia Demenkova
"I'm sorry that my hometown was so bombed"
We must stop the war
10.11.2020
Lera Starukhina
"We must stop the war"
Dad screamed: Take your things, run to the basement!
10.11.2020
Ksenia Konstiantynivska
"Dad screamed: "Take your things, run to the basement!"
You should always be happy. Its easier to endure the war this way
27.10.2020
Karina Nemlienko
"You should always be happy. It's easier to endure the war this way"
I didnt understand earlier why people wished a peaceful sky before”
28.12.2020
Amina Farajova
"I didn't understand earlier why people wished a peaceful sky before”
 I want to see my grandfather most of all
13.10.2020
Denis Ivaniuk
"I want to see my grandfather most of all"
I was in hell for two years
05.10.2020
Bohdan Zinchenko
"I was in hell for two years"
I was screaming, Mom, help me!
22.09.2020
Yelyzaveta Afanasieva
"I was screaming," Mom, help me!"
I asked my mother to pick up the people that fit in the car.
07.02.2021
Yeva Zahnitko
"I asked my mother to pick up the people that fit in the car."
I would like to return the lives of those people who died
05.10.2020
Mariia Aksenova
"I would like to return the lives of those people who died"
We were hiding  in the bathroom from night attacks”
28.12.2020
Vitalyi Rodionov
"We were hiding in the bathroom from night attacks”
 They kill people who are not guilty of anything
27.10.2020
Vladlen Zarubayev
"They kill people who are not guilty of anything"
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