Russia intensifies militarization of children in TOT - CCD

The aggressor country of russia continues to increase the scale of militarization and ideological indoctrination of children in the temporarily occupied territories (TOT) of Ukraine, trying to integrate as many teenagers as possible into the military propaganda environment.

This was reported by the Center for Countering Disinformation (CCD).

Thus, according to the Center, the leaders of the branch of the Kremlin youth movement "Movement of the First" in the occupied Donetsk Region declared their goal to involve "every second schoolchild" in the organization.

Currently, according to propagandists, the number of local children involved in the movement is already 27,000, and the recruitment rate is planned to be maintained at the level of at least 1,000 new participants per month.

"The fact that such statements are broadcast through media resources specially created by the Kremlin for the occupied territories clearly proves that this is not an initiative of individual local collaborators. This is a clear, centralized state policy of the russian federation," the Center noted.

The Center also emphasized that the "Movement of the First", created under the personal signature of russian dictator vladimir putin in 2022, is one of the key instruments of ideological influence on children.

Under the guise of "social activity" and "volunteering", children are being forced to be loyal to the Kremlin, considering the younger generation on TOT as a resource for future wars.

As Ukrainian News Agency earlier reported, according to the Center, Russia is intensifying the recruitment of students to participate in the war.