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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Jelle Krings

Ukraine’s teen soldiers: the cadets who hold the country’s future in their hands

Cadets break for lunch at the Ivan Bohun military high school, where they are served four meals a day.
Cadets break for lunch at the Ivan Bohun military high school, where they are served four meals a day. Photograph: Jelle Krings

At a boarding school in Kyiv, cadets are training to become Ukraine’s youngest soldiers – and help defend their country against Russia’s devastating invasion. The Ivan Bohun military high school – one of three such establishments in Ukraine – is home to hundreds of teenagers.

The lives of the cadets, who stay at the facility for two years before they turn 18, are strictly choreographed, according to Dmytro Yermolenko, the deputy head. He says the teenagers are given systematic military training and learn strict discipline.

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