Occupation authorities force Ukrainian children to swear allegiance to Russia

This was reported by the National Resistance Centre.

They noted that in the Pervomaisk gymnasium in the Russian-occupied part of Luhansk region, after a month of training in the basics of military affairs, 15 fifth-graders and one eighth-grader took the oath of allegiance to Russia.

‘The militarization of children in the occupied territories of Ukraine is growing rapidly: in Starobilsk, the local ‘cadet’ corps is preparing to increase its capacity fivefold to accommodate at least 500 children aged 12 and over,’ added the resistance.

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