Parents cannot influence whether their children engage in such labour activities during their studies, [according to human rights advocate Maria Sulyalina, Head of the Almenda Centre for Civic Education].
“This means that during vocational lessons, children can be involved in preparing various types of goods for the Russian army. And we have already documented cases in Crimea where children were involved in preparing parts for drones, other Russian weapons, and sewing clothes for Russian soldiers. These are Ukrainian children, occupied by these very soldiers,” Sulyalina emphasised.
She stressed that this represents a significant component of destroying national identity, permeating the entire education system that Russians are implementing in the occupied territories.
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Specifically, Russian textbooks, which the occupiers immediately replaced Ukrainian books with in schools, emphasise that Ukraine does not exist as an independent state.
Among other things, Russian occupiers are creating various types of military-patriotic camps and conducting numerous military-patriotic events where children, in essence, acquire military skills. An increasing number of children are participating in these activities.
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Forcing children to make uniforms for their oppressors.
If anything is worse than just killing people, it’s Russia’s crimes against Ukrainian children (this article is just one example of many).
It’s part of the definition of genocide btw, and rightly so.