{"id":31986,"date":"2025-05-15T15:10:28","date_gmt":"2025-05-15T12:10:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cpd.gov.ua\/?p=31986"},"modified":"2025-05-16T09:29:49","modified_gmt":"2025-05-16T06:29:49","slug":"how-russia-is-preparing-orphans-in-the-tot-for-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cpd.gov.ua\/en\/international-threats-en\/usa\/how-russia-is-preparing-orphans-in-the-tot-for-war\/","title":{"rendered":"How Russia is preparing orphans in the TOT for war"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the temporarily russian-occupied cities of Donetsk and Amvrosiivka, orphaned children are being taught military skills under the supervision of instructors from the “warrior” center. Training includes tactical medicine, UAV operation, and basic military preparation conducted by participants and veterans of the war against Ukraine.<\/p>\n

\u25ab\ufe0f Orphans \u2014 one of the most vulnerable social groups \u2014 are effectively being prepared for war, which goes far beyond any ethical boundaries. The militarization of children in the context of armed conflict is not only morally unacceptable but may also constitute a violation of international humanitarian law, including the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and the Geneva Conventions, which prohibit the involvement of children in armed conflicts.<\/p>\n

russia is deliberately using the orphanage system in the occupied territories as a tool for ideological control, militarization, and preparation of a new generation for service in the army of the occupying state.<\/p>\n

Earlier, the Center, together with the national initiative of the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy Bring Kids Back UA, presented an analytical report<\/a>: \u201cMilitarization of Ukrainian children in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In the temporarily russian-occupied cities of Donetsk and Amvrosiivka, orphaned children are being taught military skills under the supervision of instructors from the “warrior” center. Training includes tactical medicine, UAV operation, and basic military preparation conducted by participants and veterans of the war against Ukraine. \u25ab\ufe0f Orphans \u2014 one of the most vulnerable social groups…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":31987,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"default","_kad_post_title":"default","_kad_post_layout":"default","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"default","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"default","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","wds_primary_category":934,"footnotes":""},"categories":[934],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31986","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-usa"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cpd.gov.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31986","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cpd.gov.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cpd.gov.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpd.gov.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpd.gov.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31986"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cpd.gov.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31986\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpd.gov.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31987"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cpd.gov.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31986"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpd.gov.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31986"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpd.gov.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31986"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}