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Tuesday, September 29, 2015
Babies taught to shoot guns, forced to survive in hellhole bomb shelters and dumped in dirty orphanages: The harrowing truth of the 'forgotten' children caught in Putin's war with Ukraine
MailOnline reveals suffering of 'lost generation' of children hit by war between pro-Russian rebels and government
Hundreds left orphaned by fighting but others were abandoned because their mothers could not afford to feed them
Babies and toddlers move into bomb shelters where they scavenge for food and play in the dirt in filthy nappies
Some children even 'disappear' amid fears they are being sent to Vladimir Putin's Russia to new homes and families
MailOnline found children in eastern Ukraine who can identify weapons and boast of being able to shoot the enemy
Centres where these boys and girls are abandoned or seek refuge can barely find enough food to keep them alive
The mental and physical scars left by growing up in a warzone - on Europe's doorstep - will never be erased
UN has created 17 new 'global goals' to highlight poverty, mistreatment and malnutrition in children worldwide
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