Russian occupiers recruit teenagers to "volunteer squad" in Mariupol district and teach them to fight - mayor's adviser

Petro Andriushchenko, an advisor to the mayor of Mariupol, said that the occupiers are recruiting teenagers of military age to the so-called "volunteer unit" and teaching them to fight.

He wrote about this on Telegram.

The Russian forces are teaching teenagers combat tactics, and no official mobilization has been announced in the area.

"There is no mobilization in the Mariupol region. Not officially. Just recruiting a 'volunteer squad' of teenagers of military age and training them in combat tactics. There is no mobilization and no further front. However, this is not accurate," the report says.

Recently, Russian troops have changed the main traffic around the occupied Mariupol, on April 3 they massively transported trucks with munitions and trawls with equipment.