You may have heard what Presidents Vladimir Putin and Petro Poroshenko have said about the Ukraine crisis, but what do young people whose lives are being affected by the conflict between the two countries have to say about it? Many of them are expressing their opinions on YouTube. For the English-language version of what some of them are saying, watch this BBC video:

—Posted by Natasha Hakimi Zapata

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