The start of any school year can hold dread, excitement and nervous anticipation for pupils returning from their summer holidays.The same is true in eastern Ukraine, but for the children of School No.9 in Toretsk on Europe's war-wracked fringes, the stakes are far higher.
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Ukrainian servicemen walk past the wreckage of a military car destroyed by pro-Russian separatists shelling in the small town of Shyrokyne, in Donetsk region, on August 14, 2016.