A Boy’s Life on the Front Lines

How war transformed an 11-year-old’s childhood. 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[In this week’s cover story,](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRmgTQZP0T4aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vaW50ZXJhY3RpdmUvMjAyMy8wNi8yNi9tYWdhemluZS91a3JhaW5lLXdhci1jaGlsZGhvb2QuaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD01MiZlbWM9ZWRpdF9tYV8yMDIzMDYzMCZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD05NjM5NSZubD10aGUtbmV3LXlvcmstdGltZXMtbWFnYXppbmUmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTEzODA0NCZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKZJwZr55kcv3q2lIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA) Lynsey Addario takes us to a Ukrainian town where an 11-year-old is navigating a childhood transformed by war. 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