Russia is drafting abducted Ukrainian kids into its military, Zelensky says
Stealing thousands of children wasn't dystopian enough, so Russia found a way to take the horror up a notch.
The playbook is straight out of the Middle Ages: steal someone else's kids, erase their past, and hand them a rifle once they turn eighteen. According to Volodymyr Zelensky, Russia has started drafting abducted Ukrainian children into its military.
Thousands of minors were systematically deported from occupied territories over the past years. While international institutions issued warrants and drafted reports, those children grew up under relentless militarization programs. Now the first wave has reached drafting age, and the Kremlin is shipping them out as cannon fodder.
So far, only 2,790 have been brought home.
The Ottoman janissary system just got a modern reboot, and diplomacy is still figuring out which committee should condemn it first.
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