UKRAINE | A YOUTH BETWEEN WAR AND PEACE

Ukraine is in the throes of an endless conflict between the Donbas territories and the government in Kyiv. Despite the ceasefire agreements, the war continues and is bogged down, profoundly transforming the whole of Ukrainian society and, above all, the youth.

So explains , an impressive man in his forties, a former mercenary who once fought in Chechnya and Afghanistan. Oleg takes us to the scene of a " ," a life-size war game around Donetsk. "Today, we will imitate the war in Syria!" He exclaims. We get into a military truck with a dozen pre-teens or young adults, five other trucks follow us, in all about sixty young people who have come like every Sunday to "play" at war, which has ravaged the region for four years. Running a whole day under the scorching sun, two teams will compete against each other by simulating