Veterans of Russian military intelligence have opened a new military-patriotic education club for Ukrainian children in the temporarily occupied Crimea. This was reported by the Institute for the Study of War (ISW), UNN informs.
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It is noted that the "Griffin" military-patriotic club will teach children aged 7 to 17 "the basics of military training" and "foster patriotism and respect for military service."
Russian veterans and active servicemen will train children in accordance with the doctrine of training of the Main Directorate of Special Forces of the General Staff of the Russian Federation (GRU), the Soviet Committee for State Security (KGB), the People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs of the USSR (NKVD) and SMERSH (Soviet counterintelligence of the Stalinist era)
The authors point out that these Soviet and Russian organizations have a history of using particularly brutal counterintelligence and repression tactics, and the fact that their training methods are being used on Ukrainian children as young as seven years old speaks to the degree of militarization and indoctrination that the Russian occupation regime hopes to instill in the occupied territories.
Griffin instructors are likely to teach children how to identify pro-Ukrainian sentiments in their households and communities and report them to the Russian occupation authorities, creating a culture in which pro-Russian hypermilitarism thrives and spreads
Analysts emphasize that projects such as "Griffin" prepare Ukrainian children for service in the Russian army.
"Russia is using these military-patriotic education clubs and programs to create a reserve of mobilized labor for future conflicts, which is a direct violation of Article 51 of the Geneva Convention, which prohibits Russia as an occupying power from "compelling protected persons to serve in its armed or auxiliary forces," experts summarize.
Let us remind you
The Russian foundation "Help to Ours" facilitated the deportation of 39 Ukrainian children from the temporarily occupied Luhansk region to a medical facility in the Moscow region controlled by the Russian government. Medics of the Federal Medical and Biological Agency of the Russian Federation will examine and treat Ukrainian children to help them "recover from difficult life situations."