Russian President Vladimir Putin and Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu are considering the possibility of involving underage Russian citizens in hostilities against Ukraine due to a lack of manpower to replenish the ranks of the army, the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry reports..

“Due to the lack of manpower to replenish the ranks of the occupying army, the Kremlin leadership is considering the possibility of involving underage citizens of the Russian Federation in hostilities,” the report says..

It is noted that Shoigu signed a decree "

The order refers to the preparation of reports of a potential human reserve at the age of 17-18 to be involved in hostilities as part of the occupying army.

The top military leadership of Russia should provide proposals for the training of the specified personnel as soon as possible. It is reported that the control over the execution of the order will be carried out by the head of the main military-political department of the RF Armed Forces Gennady Zhidko.

Yunarmiya is a Russian youth military organization under the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation. He stands out for his radical propaganda work among Russian youth. Children from the age of 8 become members of the organization.

“Similar actions were carried out by the military leadership of Nazi Germany during the Second World War. Since 1943, high school students in the Hitler Youth units were recruited to serve in anti-aircraft artillery units..

And from September 1944 to January 1945, 150,000 underage girls were recruited to serve in the Nazi army, ”the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense noted..

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Earlier it was reported that part of the Syrian paramilitaries are ready to go to war against Ukraine, but so far they have not received a corresponding order.

The commander of the paramilitary National Defense Forces (NDF) of Syria, Nabil Abdallah, said he was ready to use the experience of urban combat gained during the Syrian war to help the Russian Federation.