The number of paramilitary classes in the occupied Crimea has more than tripled
The number of paramilitary classes on the peninsula has more than tripled, and the number of cadet classes in occupied Simferopol, which was 12 in 2016 and more than 40 in 2019.
It is stated in the study "Educational field in the temporarily occupied territories", prepared by the Ukrainian Helsinki Human Rights Union.
The system of formal and non-formal education in the occupied Crimea is aimed at forming a Russian identity in children.
The head of the service for reintegration and deoccupation of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea of the Office of the President of Ukraine in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea Olena Khalimon said that about 200,000 children in the occupied Crimea were involved in militaristic activities.
"About 200,000 children in Crimea are involved in such militaristic activities, which corresponds to the total number of schoolchildren on the peninsula. I would also like to note that in 2020 they adopted a new program for five years, worth 23 million US dollars to develop this "Unarmy". Therefore, we can imagine and imagine what will happen to children in the coming years", - Elena Halimon said.
According to Valentina Potapova, head of the Almenda Center for Civic Education, children from kindergartens wear military uniforms in the occupied territories.
"Children from kindergartens are put on military uniforms and given weapons, not just toys. We must immediately develop a mechanism for obtaining documents for complete basic secondary education. Because we are losing children who finish school in the occupation for 7 years", - Potapova said.
What is known
- In 2021, Russia will continue to transfer weapons and military equipment from the mainland to the Crimea in order to cover the northern regions of the peninsula, which are close to the Kherson region.
- On 7 of December, 2020, the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution "The problem of militarization of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol (Ukraine), as well as parts of the Black and Azov Seas." The document confirms that the occupation of Crimea is a violation of international law and that the occupied territories must be returned to Ukraine's control immediately.
- On 8 of February, the Ukrainian Space Center received confirmation of large-scale militarization of the occupied Crimea.
- Russia is comprehensively arranging the process of transforming the occupied Crimea into one large military base - according to the SZR of Ukraine.
