Russia encourages students to join war in occupied territories - National Resistance Center of Ukraine

Specifically, Russians offer an annual salary of over 2 million rubles, as well as a full social package to anyone who signs a contract with the Russian Ministry of Defense.

"It seems to be nothing strange in Russia, but such leaflets are distributed in a school in the temporarily occupied Starobilsk, Luhansk region," the report states.

The National Resistance Center (NRC) emphasized that Russian troops are conducting an aggressive mobilization campaign among schoolchildren. The enemy manipulates the children’s minds, portraying the war as an honorable duty and a path to so-called heroism.

"They impose the idea that participation in the war is an opportunity to defend the homeland, hiding the real goal of using young people as cannon fodder in an aggressive war against Ukraine. This looks especially cynical against the background of the fact that teenagers are involved in war propaganda even before they reach the age of majority," the NRC noted.

At the end of the publication, the NRC warned that those who collaborate with the Russian occupation authorities will face consequences.

The NRC also reported that Russia is doubling its plans to militarize children in the occupied territories of Ukraine. Specifically, on September 2, 240 children aged 10 to 13 were housed in the Nakhimov Naval School barracks in Mariupol. By 2025, their number is expected to reach 560.

Earlier, RBC-Ukraine reported that middle school students in the occupied territories are now required to wear post-war style uniforms, as mandated by a so-called law from Russia.