Another group of Ukrainian minors returns safely from the Kherson region, receiving support and care after exposure to indoctrination by the Russian forces.

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Another group of Ukrainian children and teenagers has been successfully returned from the temporarily occupied parts of southern Ukrainian Kherson region, Olexander Prokudin, Head of the Kherson Regional State Administration wrote on Telegram on January 8.

The group consists of children ranging in age from 3 to 17 years old.

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These children had endured threats, coercion, and forced exposure to propaganda. A three-year-old and a five-year-old in a daycare were compelled to draw the Russian flag and present handmade gifts to Russian soldiers during holidays, according to Prokudin.

The Russian forces have been indoctrinating Ukrainian children from a very young age and continue to do so in older grades.

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A 17-year-old boy, who had been attending a Russian school, was taught drill movements and how to handle military weapons. Additionally, he, along with his classmates, was registered for military service, which could lead to conscription into the occupying army once he turns 18.

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