Beforehand, it was revealed Putin began recruiting Russian youngsters as younger as 16 to take part within the conflict. These younger recruits had been later dubbed Putin’s “Child Military.”
“They’ve been doing navy coaching and there have been deaths amongst these youngsters,” Lyudmyla Denisova, the Ukrainian parliament commissioner on human rights, stated final yr when Putin’s “Child Military” was first revealed. “Now they’re selling the entry into the military of civilians, together with youngsters within the quickly occupied territories.”
“In doing so the Russian Federation has violated the legal guidelines and customs of conflict offered by the 1949 Geneva Conference on the safety of civilians and the rights of kids,” she added on the time. “The recruitment of kids is a violation of worldwide legislation.’’