A Czech-based company led by Russian nationals has been funneling critical industrial equipment to Russia’s missile manufacturers, helping circumvent EU sanctions.
They weren’t fighters—just schoolboys, until the war turned them into something else. Under Russian occupation in Berdyansk, Tihran Ohannisian and Mykyta Khanhanov chose one final act of resistance. It cost them their lives. Two years on, their story stands as a stark symbol of youth defiance—and of how war leaves no one untouched.