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Kids in Occupied Ukraine Forced to Join Russian War Effort

TWISTED

Ukrainian children are pressured into joining the Young Army program where they are brainwashed, trained to fight, and forced to make supply packages for the Russian invaders.

Anna Conkling

Published Dec. 2 2023 10:26PM EST

A photo illustration showing the map of Ukraine covered by cadets in the Russian Young Army. — Photo Illustration by Erin O'Flynn/The Daily Beast/Getty Images

Anna Conkling

Anna Conkling

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