Abducted young people schooled to blame ‘Nazis and Nato’ – then sent to the front line once they are old enough to fight
Russia is brainwashing abducted children to turn them against Ukraine, officials have warned.
It comes as a Telegraph investigation reveals a system of re-education to “Russify” children illegally taken from Ukraine.
Children schooled in occupied parts of eastern Ukraine and Crimea have been taught to blame “Nazis and Nato” for the war that has killed family and friends.
Pupils are forced to learn the Russian national anthem, study textbooks littered with historical inaccuracies and, in some cases, write thank-you letters to Russian soldiers responsible for atrocities in their regions.