NewsRussian indoctrination of Ukrainian children escalates in occupied territories

Russian indoctrination of Ukrainian children escalates in occupied territories

The Russians drip-feed propaganda among children.
The Russians drip-feed propaganda among children.
Images source: © Getty Images, Ministry of Defence of the Russien Federation | Pablo Rodrigo Sanchez Remorini, mil.ru
Rafał Strzelec

25 July 2024 06:03

The Russians have effectively been waging war against Ukraine since 2014. Military operations are a crucial part of their actions, but alongside them, there is the tragedy of Ukrainian children. The Pravda portal has obtained new information regarding the fate of those in the occupied territories.

In waging war, the Russians use not only typical tools of war - cannons, tanks, rockets, and rifles. Over the years, in conducting such operations, they have always sought to destroy the national fabric of the society they aimed to subjugate. Exiles to Siberia, massive relocations, changes in the borders of republics within the USSR - all this has happened in the past.

Now, it turns out that the Russians are doing everything to ensure that Ukrainian children do not know their roots. Thousands of them have been relocated from occupied territories deep into Russia. The fate of these children is unknown. In this regard, Ukrainians have limited maneuvering space, and international organizations are not allowed access by the Kremlin. Moscow is consciously implementing a process of denationalization. It aims to destroy the social fabric of Ukrainian society in this way.

The Russians indoctrinate Ukrainian children

The Pravda portal has published new information about the fate of children in territories occupied by Russia. According to the report, the invaders have created 12 youth movements that are involved, among other things, in spreading propaganda. It is said that Russian occupiers are conducting propaganda activities among children and youth in the occupied cities of Melitopol and Berdyansk. "They are brainwashing our children," the Ukrainians thunder.

According to Pravda, in Putin's administration, there is a specific official who travels to the temporarily occupied territories once a week to oversee the development of these movements. They are supposed to teach young Ukrainians, among other things, how to kill people.

The portal reports that law enforcement officers are working to identify the individuals involved in this process to charge them in absentia and hold them accountable for indoctrinating children.

It is worth reminding that the Human Rights Watch organization detected numerous violations by Russia of children's right to education in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine. Moscow has implemented its education system. Children are subjected to propaganda and undergo military training. Their return to the bosom of the Ukrainian homeland may be difficult or even impossible.

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