KYIV: The boys wear secondhand helmets and their guns cannot kill, but the war they play at in a verdant Ukrainian field is real for them and carries consequences.
10-year-old Maksym Mudrak (left) and 6-year-old Valentyn play a war game in the village of Stoyanka, in the Kyiv region, which was occupied by Russian troops during the beginning of their invasion of Ukraine, on May 11, 2023. AFP PHOTO
KYIV: The boys wear secondhand helmets and their guns cannot kill, but the war they play at in a verdant Ukrainian field is real for them and carries consequences.