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War and ‘Russian world’ propaganda instead of learning foreign languages in schools in occupied Ukraine

Russia has already knocked out ‘defence of rights and liberties’, other ‘destructive western ideology’ and is seeking to brainwash children in occupied Ukraine that they should be ready to fight and die for Russia

Russification at any cost in occupied Ukraine with children even physically punished for speaking Ukrainian

Russia is intent on eradicating the Ukrainian language and all aspects of Ukrainian identity, with young Ukrainians a particular target

Ukrainian kids from occupied Melitopol indoctrinated and enlisted in Russia’s ‘Youth Army’

The current regime in Russia devotes huge effort and means to trying to convince Ukrainian children that they must wish to fight and ‘defend’ the aggressor state.

Invaders threaten to take children away if parents don’t send them to be indoctrinated ‘to love Russia’

Russia is speeding up attempts to impose ‘education’ according to a Russian curriculum and Russian narrative about its war against Ukraine by 1 September

Russia moves to eradicate Ukraine from schools in occupied Mariupol, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia

Russia is eager to instil so-called ‘Russian standards’, including Russia’s lies about its war against Ukraine, and is having difficulty finding local teachers willing to collaborate with them.

Teachers in occupied Kherson refuse to collaborate with Russian occupiers

Russian attempts to foist their educational program on occupied Kherson oblast schools have encountered resistance with virtually none of the school directors willing to collaborate

Crimean Tatar political prisoner’s child told by Russian officer that they’ll come back for him – and they have

Amar was just 14 when the Russian FSB came for his father, Tofik Abdulgaziev, and 22 other Crimean Tatar civic journalists or activists