Russians take children to 'cadet corps' in temporarily occupied Ukrainian territories

Ukraine's Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Maliar wrote about this on Telegram. 

“The Russian occupation administrations have launched an ideological campaign to force parents to send their children to study in the so-called cadet corps,” she wrote.

According to Hanna Maliar, in 2023, a similar occupation institution was opened in the Luhansk region, in the town of Starobilsk. In particular, it is planned to deploy similar 'cadet corps' in Skadovsk, Novotroitske and Henichesk districts of the Kherson region.

“In addition, in the temporarily occupied territory of Ukraine, active campaigning in prisons for convicts to join Russian private military companies continues. Inmates are accepted regardless of their criminal record, age, health status and gender,” she added.

• In the temporarily occupied territories, the Russian forces are taking Ukrainian high school students to Russia to take school exams. 

• The occupying Russian forces are also going to send Ukrainian children living in the temporarily occupied territory of the Luhansk region to Karelia.

• In particular, the invading Russian forces in the temporarily occupied territories confiscate Ukrainian books from public and school libraries and later burn them.