Russia sends pro-Ukrainian teenagers to forced psychiatric treatment

He shared the information on Espreso TV.

“Human rights activists have begun to report cases where even minors can be sent for compulsory psychiatric treatment for expressing a pro-Ukrainian position, with the appropriate diagnosis. Thus, the occupiers actually equate the pro-Ukrainian position with a disease under occupation,” Dudukalov noted.

According to the deputy chairman of the Berdiansk District Council, Russian representatives have built a whole repressive system - from the police to the judiciary, and, ultimately, penal institutions - to suppress any manifestations of a pro-Ukrainian position.

“This is similar to the Soviet practice, when compulsory psychiatric treatment was a ‘one-way ticket’ - in fact, a way to a long stay in a psychiatric hospital. Today, such measures are applied to minors, but adults can get real prison terms. I know of a case where a guy got 7 or 8 years for comments on social media where he supported Azov,” Dudukalov emphasized.

• On September 1, 2024, Russia introduced compulsory military training in schools in the occupied territories for students in grades 8 and 10.
• In educational institutions in the occupied territories of the Luhansk region, Russia distributes booklets to children with rules that must be followed when communicating with the Russian army.