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Mother Hunts For Sons Missing In Action In Ukraine

The mother of two Ukrainian government soldiers is on desperate hunt to learn the fate of her sons who went missing in action in eastern Ukraine in 2014. Kateryna Khomyak's sons are among more than 400 soldiers the Ukrainian government says are missing after battling Russia-backed separatists. Khomyak told Current Time TV, the Russian-language network run by RFE/RL in cooperation with VOA, that she's determined to find out what happened to her sons. (YouTube, Current Time TV)

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'We Are Alive:' Teenage Photographers Capture Ukraine's War

"We Are Alive," an exhibition of photography by teenage girls living on the front lines of the war in eastern Ukraine, opened in Kyiv on July 29. The photographers, ages 14-16, captured aspects of life in Maryinka, which has been the scene of fighting between Ukrainian government forces and Russia-backed separatists. The head of the youth media center that organized the exhibition, Oleh Tkachenko, said the project was intended as a form of self-expression for young people coping with the effects of war. (CLICK ON IMAGE TO OPEN GALLERY.)

“We Are Alive,” an exhibition of photography by teenage girls living on the front lines of the war in eastern Ukraine, opened in Kyiv on July 29. The photographers, ages 14-16, captured aspects of life in Maryinka, which has been the scene of fighting between Ukrainian government forces and Russia-backed separatists. The head of the youth media center that organized the exhibition, Oleh Tkachenko, said the project was intended as a form of self-expression for young people coping with the effects of war.