Schools in the temporarily occupied Crimea are employing “teachers” without pedagogical education, who are being hired by educational institutions after returning from the front. This was reported by activists from the Yellow Ribbon movement.
According to their information, one of these men, who participated in the war against Ukraine, teaches classes without any professional training. Instead of teaching material, he tells children about his own combat experience and imposes the idea of “love of war,” glorifying violence and military action.
The Crimean Tatar Resource Center notes that this policy is a logical continuation of the Russian Federation’s course of militarization of children in occupied Crimea.
For almost 12 years, Russia has been turning Crimea into a territory where children are deprived of truth, freedom, and choice. While the international community is looking for ways to make children’s lives safer, the occupying state is shaping a future based on fear, lies, and separation from their roots.
According to the CTRC, over 600,000 Russian citizens have been brought to Crimea during the years of occupation, along with aggressive propaganda and colonial ideology. Children have become the most vulnerable group in this policy.
Russia is consistently militarizing children through the “Yunarmiya” youth military organization, paramilitary clubs, and pseudo-patriotic events. This is not just a violation of children’s rights — it is an attempt to create a new generation raised on hatred and fear.
Each subsequent year of occupation means another year of lost truth for thousands of Crimean children. After deoccupation, Ukraine will face an extremely difficult challenge — to regain not only territory, but also the consciousness of young people, which the aggressor state has purposefully shaped in its own interests.