Russia Recruited Ukrainian Children for Attacks, Report Says

In the long and sorrowful history of war's reach into childhood, a new chapter is being documented in Ukraine: Russian forces are reported to have systematically recruited Ukrainian minors to carry out military operations against their own country, only to imprison them afterward. This practice, if confirmed, places these actions squarely within the category of grave violations under international humanitarian law — frameworks built precisely because humanity has witnessed, and sought to prevent, the weaponization of children. The case now draws the attention of human rights bodies and interna