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Aleksey, 14, was walking along a road in conflict-ridden eastern Ukraine when a military convoy passed by. “Something fell off one of the vehicles,” he recalled. “It looked like it could be a pen. When I touched it, it exploded in my hands. My first feeling was shock and pain. I looked down and saw the fingers were hanging from my hand.”

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