For more than three years, Ukraine has been plagued by a conflict between the eastern secessionist territories and the Kiev government. Demonstrations by pro-Russian parties that oppose the current government first began in 2014 - and now, over 10,000 people have died, many of them civilians. These images portray a generation caught between war and peace. Many of them were born into the civil conflict dominating the country and are disorientated about their place in the world. Here: Young dancers from the Donetsk ballet. (Photo by Aude Osnowycz/Hans Lucas/The Guardian)





A girl practices shooting in a Cossack patriotic camp. (Photo by Aude Osnowycz/The Guardian)





A boy celebrates the Malanka winter festival, which consists of dressing in elaborate costumes and going from house to house singing traditional songs. (Photo by Aude Osnowycz/The Guardian)





A portrait of a young activist, fiercely opposed to the Russian President Vladimir Putin. (Photo by Aude Osnowycz/The Sun)





Children at a military boarding school in Kiev. (Photo by Aude Osnowycz/Hans Lucas/The Guardian)





A young man plays with his pistol during a military game. (Photo by Aude Osnowycz/The Guardian)





Young girls practice shooting in a Cossack patriotic camp that trains them with weapons and teaches them to hate the Russian influence and all its forms. (Photo by Aude Osnowycz/The Sun)





Two young soldiers show off their tattooed arms. (Photo by Aude Osnowycz/The Guardian)





A girl crawls under wire during paramilitary training at a patriotic youth camp. (Photo by Aude Osnowycz/The Guardian)





A young dancer stretches before a performance at the Donetsk Opera. (Photo by Aude Osnowycz/The Guardian)





Children celebrate the winter festival of Malanka in Krasnoilsk. (Photo by Aude Osnowycz/Hans Lucas/The Guardian)





A girl bathes in ice water to celebrate orthodox epiphany. (Photo by Aude Osnowycz/Hans Lucas/The Guardian)





Two girls at a Kiev military school, where boys learn to fight and girls learn to become good brides. (Photo by Aude Osnowycz/The Sun)





Children learn how to wear a gas mask at a military academy in Kiev. (Photo by Aude Osnowycz/The Guardian)





A girl trains with a weapon at a paramilitary youth camp. (Photo by Aude Osnowycz/Hans Lucas/The Guardian)





Youths during a party organised on a decommissioned bridge in Kiev. (Photo by Aude Osnowycz/The Guardian)





A little girl holds her father’s hand during paratroopers’ day in Donetsk. (Photo by Aude Osnowycz/The Guardian)





Young boys jump from a bridge a few kilometres from the front line. (Photo by Aude Osnowycz/The Guardian)





Two young ballet dancers during rehearsal in the Ukraine, despite violence happening metres away. (Photo by Aude Osnowycz/The Sun)





A girl in Cossack dress. (Photo by Aude Osnowycz/The Guardian)