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What Russia's war has meant for some of Ukraine's youngest casualties

State of the World from NPR

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The Story of Vova

Vova's mother, natal a, tells us russian forces opened fire on their car as they fled their neighborhood outside keve. She pulls up pictures of her late husband, alexander was forty three. Vova jumps in to change the subject. Ask fishe ofthe dark, what's your dog's name? Or sora jora jojo pasport. He doesn't talk about his dad. How are you just so brave about all this? Oste alwas poconsoi i atist. Don't care about this war.

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