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A statement published on August 29 from the education ministry in Rostov read: \u201cTo date, 5.7 thousand children have been enrolled in schools in the region.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe rest of the students refused to study in schools in the Rostov region in connection with distance learning in schools in new regions and Ukraine.\u201d<\/p>\n
These quotes were reprinted by Tavriya TV, a propagandistic news channel opened in Kherson last August. The new channel is part of a propaganda drive in Kherson that Russia hopes will help cement its hold over the southern Ukrainian city.<\/p>\n
Anton Alikhanov, the governor of Russia\u2019s Kaliningrad exclave, said journalists from his city would come to Kherson to \u201chelp\u201d the new channel find the right message.<\/p>\n
Don’t miss… <\/strong> Reports of children \u201crefusing to study in schools\u201d likely masks an attempt to avoid the brainwashing attempts of the Kremlin in education, which Ukrianians believe is tantamount to genocide.<\/p>\n In the absence of free places in schools at the place of residence, children will be enrolled in nearby schools, the Ministry added in its latest update.<\/p>\n A US-backed report by Yale University researchers published earlier this year found that Russia was holding at least 6,000 Ukrainian children in \u201cre-education\u201d camps.<\/p>\n Yale University researchers said they had identified at least 43 camps and other facilities, part of a \u201clarge-scale systematic network\u201d operated by Moscow since its February 2022 invasion of Ukraine.<\/p>\n \u201cThe primary purpose of the camp facilities we’ve identified appears to be political re-education,\u201d Nathaniel Raymond, one of the researchers, said in a briefing to reporters.<\/p>\n We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info<\/p>\n The youngest child identified in the Russian programme was just four months old, and some camps were giving military training to children as young as 14 years, Mr Raymond added.<\/p>\n Reports suggest students have been instructed to learn the Russian national anthem while being taught about the unsubstantiated prevalence of Ukrainian Nazism, which the Kremlin has cited as its justification for the \u201cspecial military operation\u201d.<\/p>\n Russian children’s commissioner Maria Lvova-Belova has said that more than 700,000 Ukrainian children have been taken from Ukraine to Russia. On March 17, the International Criminal Court in The Hague issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin and Lvova-Belova.<\/p>\n They were charged with being responsible for the deportation of Ukrainian children to Russia, which is a war crime under international legislation.<\/p>\n
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