- The forcible political education of Ukrainian youth by the Russian authorities in the illegally occupied territories of Ukraine continues. The Russian Ministry of Defence youth organisation Yunarmiya and the Kremlin youth organisation Movement of the Firsts are amongst those organisations teaching Ukrainian children military skills, and indoctrinating them with pro- Russian and anti- Ukrainian propaganda.
- The Russian education authorities aim at countering purported “extremism”, a term which is defined broadly by the Russian authorities. A 2022 Russian Ministry of Education manual titled “Preventing conflicts, manifestations of extremism and terrorism in a poly-cultural educational environment” claimed the expression “Slava Ukraine” |Glory to Ukraine) to be an indicator of extremism.
- The Russian authorities have been running a so-called “University Sessions” programme since 2022, in which children from the occupied regions of Ukraine are taken to Russian universities where they are given “patriotic education”. This aims to inculcate the children with an anti-Ukrainian outlook, as well as glorifying Russian military exploits. Since 2022, around 50,000 Ukrainian children have attended these sessions at 116 Russian universities.