Sébastien Lebret«Growing pains: The lives of Ukrainian teenagers at war» by #NataliaYermak✒️🇺🇦 for #TheKyivIndependent🇺🇦
📸Illia, 17, a Mavic drone instructor, rubs his eyes as he conducts training for the military at a training ground in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on May 27, 2025. (George Ivanchenko / The Kyiv Independent
«About a month ago, our friend Vindir, the chief of the Kyiv branch of the organization, was killed fighting. He was 18. I still can't believe he's gone — he was far too young to die.»
📸Illia, 17, a Mavic drone instructor, rubs his eyes as he conducts training for the military at a training ground in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on May 27, 2025. (George Ivanchenko / The Kyiv Independent
«About a month ago, our friend Vindir, the chief of the Kyiv branch of the organization, was killed fighting. He was 18. I still can't believe he's gone — he was far too young to die.»
