CHILDREN OF WAR
Chilling Russian military indoctrination camps warping kids from occupied Ukraine to become fodder for tyrannical Putin
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EVIL Vladimir Putin is forcing innocent kids from occupied territories to join Russian forces to aid his meatgrinder war in Ukraine.
Thousands of Ukrainian kids have been sent to chilling Russian military indoctrination camps where they are taught how to use advanced weapons and control killer drones.
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These sinister military camps, set up at Putin's command, are providing young children from occupied Ukraine with brutal military training.
It is feared these kids could become fodder for the tyrant and fight for his illegal war against Ukraine.
Shocking pictures show young teens assembling Kalashnikov assault rifles and controlling drones at one such military camp, while others can be seen shooting at a firing range.
One kid was seen being trained on how to clear a minefield, sparking fears that such intense military training would see these kids joining the Russian army and going to the frontlines to fight.
The Russian state media has boasted about the placement of Ukrainian children in these camps that are run by a Russian war organisation called Voin.
In the one camp alone, more than 330 children were from occupied regions of Ukraine.
Some 44 were from Zaporizhzhia, 59 from Kherson, 139 from Donetsk and 91 from Luhansk, it is understood.
And not just intense military training, these kids are also exposed to powerful Putin indoctrination and Russian brainwashing - a part of Russia's propaganda warfare.
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Dmytro Lubinets, a top human rights official based in Kyiv, has accused Moscow of orchestrating a nationwide brainwashing program to turn young kids into "full-fledged soldiers”.
He told The Times: "The Kremlin is forcibly forming a generation of Ukrainian children that are taught hatred and violence against everything Ukrainian."
One teen girl, Valeriya N, who was believed to be 16, from Ukraine's Kherson region, was allegedly brainwashed and used to advertise the "Time for Young Heroes".
She said in a video: “[Russian military] can really teach you something here.
“I came to learn how to operate UAVs [military drones]. The instructors here are experienced. They have been through the war."
Another teenage girl Iryna who is undergoing military training said in a propaganda video: "We have to remember civilians who are not guilty in this war, the children who had dreams but their fate turned out differently.
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“It could have been us in their place. It's very sad.
“I wouldn't wish this on anyone, even my worst enemy.
“It's very scary when you hear loud sounds and you don't understand what's going on around you."
Such propaganda pieces urge children from occupied Ukraine as well as Russia to join these military camps and fight for evil Putin.
The camp's ad campaign says: "Summer is coming. A time of bold experimentation and limitless possibilities.
"A time to discover yourself, to open new horizons and go beyond what you're used to.
"This is where dreams come true and strength turns into superpowers. This is where true leaders are made
"It's time to step out into the real world, with full ammunition."
The International Criminal Court has issued arrest warrants for both Putin and his head of the Children's Rights Department.
They have been accused of war crimes for abducting Ukrainian children.
Some 19,000 Ukrainian children have been forcibly deported to Russia, and slightly less than 2,000 are "missing".
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Russian forces continue their offensive operation along the frontlines of war and have recently claimed a village north of Bakhmut and another south of Velyka Novosilka.
They also continued to advance northwest of Donetsk city after capturing the area of
They also continued to advance northwest of Donetsk city after capturing Vuhledar - a tactically significant region that can obstruct Ukrainian supply routes.
Ukraine's second-largest city Kharkiv saw intense fighting last month as Putin's troops looked to push forward into the northeast.
Russian attacks on Kharkiv - liberated after six months of Moscow's occupation in September 2022 - have been scaling up dramatically in previous weeks, killing dozens and leaving thousands without electricity.
In May, at least 18 people were killed after a Russian missile strike hit a retail park in the region sparking a horror inferno.
They fired missiles, drones and glider bombs towards the border towns of Vovchansk, Lyptsi and beyond.
The relentless daily bombardment from the skies was stepped up as Ukraine's warriors repelled a series of ground offensives.
In a town 15 miles from the frontline, the residents of a quiet residential street were among the latest casualties of Russia's onslaught.
Dramatic footage shows massive plumes of black smoke rising into the Kharkiv sky after the Epicentre construction hypermarket became engulfed by flames.
Witnesses told our Sun reporter on the scene there were 200 people inside the 10,000sqft construction hypermarket.
Meanwhile, Ukraine claimed Putin's Russia reached a grim milestone after losing more than 500,000 soldiers in their failing war.
President Volodymyr Zelensky's men have also claimed to have destroyed 7,650 Russian tanks and 14,786 armoured combat vehicles since the start of the invasion in 2022.
An additional 10,400 drones have been struck down with the aerial domination of Putin continuing with impressive claims of 326 helicopters and 350 planes all being downed.
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Even outside of the battlefield, Ukraine's great success is clear to see with them reporting 27 ships and boats and one submarine have all been successfully targeted and sunk.
The latest figures also don't account for the humiliating “tens of thousands” of soldiers who have deserted Putin's armed forces, it is believed.
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