Childhoods haunted by decade of war

Children meeting in the Slovyansk Dream centre where they can socialise and be mentored by elders in Slovyansk, Ukraine. — AFP

A POWERFUL explosion rattled the windows of a community centre in eastern Ukraine, cutting through the silence as a group of teenagers drew at their desks.

“That’s a glide bomb,” Bogdan Masliy, a 15-year-old, said casually without looking up.